The_Scopes_Trial

The Scopes Trial The Scopes Trial The Scopes Trial, widely know as the Monkey Trial, has been called the trial of the century, and opened the door to the conflict between creationism and evolution, even though the trial itself actually decided nothing. In fact upon appeal the trial was declared a mistrial due to the fact the judge sentenced Scopes to a $100 fine and there was a law which stated that any fine over $50 had to be set by a jury. So in effect the law banning the teaching of evolution was never even tested. This is all in addition to the fact that this trial started as nothing more than a publicity stunt dreamed up in order to help the ailing economy of Dayton Tennessee, and the defendant, John Scopes, who was actually a coach who only substituted as a teacher, was asked if he would be willing to go on trial before any charges were filed. The publicity stunt worked as evidenced by reporters coming from as far away as Hong Kong and the fact that it was the first trial ever broadcast live over the radio. In fact the trial effectively turned the small southern evolution, trial, scopes, freedom, academic, society, creationism, even, view, today, theory, teaching, should, between, own, fact, been, battle, actually, while, views, turned, over, order, now, must, john, first, because, allow, whether, truth, traditional, time, teachers