He was tried and found guilty of trumped-up charges of teaching about strange gods (impiety) and corrupting the youth.
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Yes, Socrates was executed by drinking a cup of poisonous hemlock in 399 BC. He was sentenced to death by an Athenian court on charges of corrupting the youth and impiety.
Socrates was executed by drinking a cup of poison called hemlock. He was found guilty of corrupting the youth of Athens and impiety towards the city's gods, and chose to accept the death penalty rather than go into exile.
Socrates was executed by the Athenians in 399 BC. He was sentenced to death by drinking a cup of poison known as hemlock.
Socrates was executed for corrupting the youth of Athens. He was charged with impiety and corrupting the youth, leading to his conviction and sentencing to death by drinking poison (hemlock).
Socrates was in jail for approximately one month before he was executed by drinking poison hemlock.