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Darrow was also unsuccessful in defending [[John Scopes]] in the so-called [[Monkey Trial]], ''Tennessee v. John Scopes'', in 1925.<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm</ref>
Darrow was also unsuccessful in defending [[John Scopes]] in the so-called [[Monkey Trial]], ''Tennessee v. John Scopes'', in 1925.<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm</ref>
John Scopes taught high school biology in Dayton, Tennessee. He was convicted of illegally teaching the history of evolution and fined $100. The conviction ironically came at the request of Darrow, who wished to force precedent by having the Tennessee Supreme Court weigh in on the eventual appeal. That court eventually overturned the decision on a technicality, creating little meaningful precedent.<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/evolut.htm</ref>
John Scopes was brought in as a substitute teacher to challenge the law and teach high school biology in Dayton, Tennessee. He was convicted of illegally teaching the history of evolution and fined $100. The conviction ironically came at the request of Darrow, who wished to force precedent by having the Tennessee Supreme Court weigh in on the eventual appeal. That court eventually overturned the decision on a technicality, creating little meaningful precedent.<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/evolut.htm</ref>
===''Michigan v. Sweet''===
===''Michigan v. Sweet''===
Darrow was successful in representing Henry Sweet, younger brother of Ossian Sweet, against charges of murder in ''Michigan v. Henry Sweet'', a Detroit murder trial resulting from the killing of Leon Breiner. The previous year, Darrow had argued to a mistrial the same case as charged against all nine people who were in the house from which the shots that killed Breiner were fired.<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/sweet/chronology.HTM</ref>
Darrow was successful in representing Henry Sweet, younger brother of Ossian Sweet, against charges of murder in ''Michigan v. Henry Sweet'', a Detroit murder trial resulting from the killing of Leon Breiner. The previous year, Darrow had argued to a mistrial the same case as charged against all nine people who were in the house from which the shots that killed Breiner were fired.<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/sweet/chronology.HTM</ref>
==Views==
Darrow was an [[atheist]] who had contempt for religion, believing that it hindered mankind's quest for knowledge. He sought to ridicule Creationism when possible, including carrying on a running feud with [[William Jennings Bryan]] in newspapers about the evolution vs. creation controversy before the two ever met in the Scopes trial, but refused to put himself in a position where he would have to answer questions about evolution. His view on man can best be summed up in the quote below:
<blockquote>"The purpose of man is like the purpose of the pollywog - to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him."<ref>The Best of Humanism, 1988, Prometheus Books, p. 154</ref></blockquote>
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