Both lawyers gave great speeches about the trial, but then the judge decided he was no longer going to play along. At every attempt that Darrow tried to make he cut him off. Darrow called Bryan as a witness and had him end up admitting that purely literal interpretation was not possible. And it made Bryan look very absurd. So evolution clearly won, but it wasn't enough to help Scopes (Staff 3). On May 5, 1925 the jury found him guilty, and he was fined one hundred dollars, but it was later overturned and John Scopes was set free (Scopes 5). The Scopes Trial became the first trial to ever be put on the radio.
The Scopes Trial brought publicity to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee. Lots of people gathered into Dayton, such as, scholars and
The Scopes Trial brought publicity to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee. Lots of people gathered into Dayton, such as, scholars and