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He was a defense attorney in the Scopes trial
The famous 1925 "monkey trial" was on the subject of teaching evolution.
John Scopes.
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The Trial was created in 1925.
In 1925, John Scopes was prosecuted for teaching the theory of evolution in a public school classroom. Which person served as John Scopes' defense lawyer at the famous Scopes trial?
In 1925 the State of Tennessee accused substitute high school teacher John T. Scopes of violating state law by teaching human evolution in a state-funded school. The trial is known as the Scopes Trial or the Scopes Monkey Trial. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100. The verdict subsequently was overturned. The trial featured two famous attorneys. William Jennings Bryan argued for the prosecution. Clarence Darrow represented Scopes.
The Scopes Monkey trial
The Scopes Trial took place in Dayton, Tennessee from July 10 to July 21, 1925.
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One famous court case of the 1920s was the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925. This trial centered around a high school teacher, John Scopes, who was accused of violating a Tennessee law by teaching evolution in the classroom. The trial gained national attention and highlighted the tension between science and religion in American society at the time.