I WANNA CHALLENGE 100 TRIALS TRIAL

I WANNA CHALLENGE 100 TRIALS TRIAL

William Jennings BryanĪ preliminary hearing on May 9, 1925, officially held Scopes for trial by the grand jury, though released him and didn’t require him to post bond. The Tennessee press roundly criticized the town, accusing it of staging a trial for publicity. It was announced to newspapers the next day that Scopes had been charged with violating the Butler Act, and the town wired the ACLU to procure its services.

Scopes taught physics and math, and while he said he accepted evolution, he didn’t teach biology.

Scopes wasn’t clear on whether he had precisely taught the subject, but was sure he’d used materials that included evolution. The group asked if high school science teacher John Scopes would admit to teaching evolution for the purposes of prosecution. The theory of evolution, as presented by Charles Darwin and others, was a controversial concept in many quarters, even into the 20th century.Ī local businessman met with the school superintendent and a lawyer to discuss using the ACLU offer to get newspapers to write about the town. The trial was viewed as an opportunity to challenge the constitutionality of the bill, to publicly advocate for the legitimacy of Darwin’s theory of evolution, and to enhance the profile of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The trial featured two of the best-known orators of the era, William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, as opposing attorneys. The Scopes Trial, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was the 1925 prosecution of science teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school, which a recent bill had made illegal.

I wanna challenge 100 trials