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Jury Duty Video On Trial Castelmagno' title='Jury Duty Video On Trial Castelmagno' />BOOK III. BEFORE speaking of the different forms of government, let us try to fix the exact sense of the word, which has not yet been very clearly explained. Full case name. The State of Tennessee vs. John Thomas Scopes. Decided. July 2. 1, 1. CitationsNone. Case history. Subsequent actionsScopes v. State 1. 92. 6Court membership. Judges sitting. John T. Raulston. The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in July 1. John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessees Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state funded school. The trial was deliberately staged in order to attract publicity to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, where it was held. Scopes was unsure whether he had ever actually taught some evolution, but he purposely incriminated himself so that the case could have a defendant. Scopes was found guilty and fined 1. The trial served its purpose of drawing intense national publicity, as national reporters flocked to Dayton to cover the big name lawyers who had agreed to represent each side. William Jennings Bryan, three time presidential candidate, argued for the prosecution, while Clarence Darrow, the famed defense attorney, spoke for Scopes. The trial publicized the FundamentalistModernist Controversy, which set Modernists, who said evolution was not inconsistent with religion,4 against Fundamentalists, who said the word of God as revealed in the Bible took priority over all human knowledge. Gateway to Tampa Bay area news, weather, radar, sports, traffic, and more. From WTVTTVDT FOX 13, the most powerful name in local news. Daily paper. Local, state, and wire news and commentary. Photo galleries, business and obituaries. At some point in your adult life, chances are good youll be called to serve jury duty. But the odds that youll actually sit on a trial are much lower. What. The case was thus seen as both a theological contest and a trial on whether modern science should be taught in schools. OriginseditState Representative John W. Butler, a Tennessee farmer and head of the World Christian Fundamentals Association, lobbied state legislatures to pass anti evolution laws. He succeeded when the Butler Act was passed in Tennessee, on March 2. Butler later stated, I didnt know anything about evolution. Id read in the papers that boys and girls were coming home from school and telling their fathers and mothers that the Bible was all nonsense. Tennessee governor Austin Peay signed the law to gain support among rural legislators, but believed the law would neither be enforced nor interfere with education in Tennessee schools. William Jennings Bryan thanked Peay enthusiastically for the bill The Christian parents of the state owe you a debt of gratitude for saving their children from the poisonous influence of an unproven hypothesis. In response, the American Civil Liberties Union financed a test case in which John Scopes, a Tennessee high school science teacher, agreed to be tried for violating the Act. Scopes, who had substituted for the regular biology teacher, was charged on May 5, 1. George William Hunters textbook, Civic Biology Presented in Problems 1. The two sides brought in the biggest legal names in the nation, William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the defense, and the trial was followed on radio transmissions throughout the United States. Dayton, TennesseeeditThe American Civil Liberties Union ACLU offered to defend anyone accused of teaching the theory of evolution in defiance of the Butler Act. On April 5, 1. 92. George Rappleyea, local manager for the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company, arranged a meeting with county superintendent of schools Walter White and local attorney Sue K. Hicks at Robinsons Drug Store, convincing them that the controversy of such a trial would give Dayton much needed publicity. According to Robinson, Rappleyea said, As it is, the law is not enforced. If you win, it will be enforced. If I win, the law will be repealed. Were game, arent we The men then summoned 2. John T. Scopes, a Dayton high school science and math teacher. The group asked Scopes to admit to teaching the theory of evolution. Rappleyea pointed out that, while the Butler Act prohibited the teaching of the theory of evolution, the state required teachers to use a textbook that explicitly described and endorsed the theory of evolution, and that teachers were, therefore, effectively required to break the law. Scopes mentioned that while he couldnt remember whether he had actually taught evolution in class, he had, however, gone through the evolution chart and chapter with the class. Scopes added to the group If you can prove that Ive taught evolution and that I can qualify as a defendant, then Ill be willing to stand trial. Scopes urged students to testify against him and coached them in their answers. He was indicted on May 2. I believe in part of evolution, but I dont believe in the monkey business. Judge John T. Raulston accelerated the convening of the grand jury and. Scopes, despite the meager evidence against him and the widely reported stories questioning whether the willing defendant had ever taught evolution in the classroom. Scopes was charged with having taught from the chapter on evolution to an April 2. Adobe Lightroom 3 Serial Crack. Butler Act and nominally arrested, though he was never actually detained. Paul Patterson, owner of The Baltimore Sun, put up 5. Scopes. 1. 71. 8The original prosecutors were Herbert E. Sue K. Hicks, two brothers who were local attorneys and friends of Scopes, but the prosecution was ultimately led by Tom Stewart, a graduate of Cumberland School of Law, who later became a U. S. Senator. Stewart was aided by Dayton attorney Gordon Mc. Kenzie, who supported the anti evolution bill on religious grounds, and described evolution as detrimental to our morality and an assault on the very citadel of our Christian religion. Hoping to attract major press coverage, George Rappleyea went so far as to write to the British novelist H. G. Wells asking him to join the defense team. Wells replied that he had no legal training in Britain, let alone in America, and declined the offer. John R. Neal, a law school professor from Knoxville, announced that he would act as Scopes attorney whether Scopes liked it or not, and he became the nominal head of the defense team. Baptist pastor William Bell Riley, the founder and president of the World Christian Fundamentals Association, was instrumental in calling lawyer and three time Democraticpresidential nominee, former United States Secretary of State, and lifelong Presbyterian. William Jennings Bryan to act as that organizations counsel. Bryan had originally been invited by Sue Hicks to become an associate of the prosecution and Bryan had readily accepted, despite the fact he had not tried a case in thirty six years. As Scopes pointed out to James Presley in the book Center of the Storm, on which the two collaborated After Bryan was accepted by the state as a special prosecutor in the case, there was never any hope of containing the controversy within the bounds of constitutionality. In response, the defense sought out Clarence Darrow, an agnostic. Darrow originally declined, fearing that his presence would create a circus atmosphere, but eventually realized that the trial would be a circus with or without him, and agreed to lend his services to the defense, later stating that he realized there was no limit to the mischief that might be accomplished unless the country was aroused to the evil at hand.