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He was convicted of impiety. This charge was used as it carried the death penalty and get rid of his influence. The real motivation was that he was disruptive - 'corrupting' the youth of Athens by teaching them to think for themselves rather than the normal patterns of following like sheep the beliefs and patterns of the masses, and so threatening the interests and wellbeing of the state.

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