22-05-2023, 04:44 PM
22-05-2023, 04:44 PM
22-05-2023, 04:45 PM
The jury took nine minutes to return a guilty verdict. Scopes was fined $100. The Tennessee State Supreme Court, however, acquitted him on a technicality while upholding the constitutionality of the state law.
In 1967, Tennessee lawmakers overturned the statute, thereby legalizing discussions of evolutionary concepts in the state’s public schools.
In 1967, Tennessee lawmakers overturned the statute, thereby legalizing discussions of evolutionary concepts in the state’s public schools.