The question is stated incorrectly. William Jenning Bryan actually PROSECUTED Scopes on behalf of the State of Tennessee which at the time, had a law against the teaching of evolution. Scopes teaching of evolution was DEFENDED by Clarence Darrow. See below link:
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?
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Academic freedom and religionEvolution and the role of science and religion in public schools and in American Society. John T. Scopes, a biology teacher, was tried for teaching Darwinism in a Tennessee public school--which was at the time, illegal.Scopes trial was a 1925 case that debated by William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow. Scopes was tried to challenged the Tennessee law by teaching the Evolution. Darrow believed in free speech, and Bryan believed in fundamentalism. This trial took place in Tennessee.
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defended teacher John Scopes on behalf of the ACLU.
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The question is stated incorrectly. William Jenning Bryan actually PROSECUTED Scopes on behalf of the State of Tennessee which at the time, had a law against the teaching of evolution. Scopes teaching of evolution was DEFENDED by Clarence Darrow. See below link:
John T. Raulston was the judge in the Scopes trial.
Clarence Darrow, a prominent defense attorney, represented the teacher in the real-life Scopes Monkey Trial, which inspired the play and movie "Inherit the Wind."
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John Thomas Scopes died on October 21, 1970.
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?
John Thomas Scopes was born on August 3, 1900, in Paducah, Kentucky, USA.
John T. Scopes was born on August 3, 1900.
John T. Scopes was born on August 3, 1900.