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1925 trial of Tennessee teacher John Scopes for violating state laws and teaching the theory of evolution in a public school (Scopes was found guilty but later acquitted)

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a famous US court case in which John Scopes, a biology teacher, was taken to a court of law in 1925 for teaching Darwin's theory of Evolution, because this was against the law in the state of Tennessee, where the story of the creation as told in the Old Testament of the Bible had to be taught in state schools. He was defended by the lawyer Clarence Darrow, but was found guilty. (July 10-21, 1925) Widely publicized trial (called the "Monkey Trial") in Dayton, Tenn. John T. Scopes (1900-70), a high-school teacher, was charged with teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, which violated a state law prohibiting the teaching of any doctrine that denied the divine creation of humans. The trial was broadcast live on radio and attracted worldwide interest. The prosecutor was William Jennings Bryan; the defense attorney was Clarence Darrow. The judge limited arguments to the basic charge to avoid a test of the law's constitutionality and a discussion of Darwin's theory. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100; he was later acquitted on the technicality that he had been fined excessively. The law was repealed in 1967
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a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was laterreversed
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    /ˈskōps ˈməɴɢkē ˈtrīl/ /ˈskoʊps ˈmʌŋkiː ˈtraɪl/