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Scopes Trial

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Bryan--No, sir. I have no way to know. (Laughter in audience).
Darrow ended his cross-examination weaker than when he began -- an enormous defeat for any trial attorney.
The next day, it was Darrow's turn to be cross-examined. But Darrow stunned the public by giving up rather than upholding his end of the bargain. Darrow took the unprecedented step of asking the jury for a guilty verdict against his client, the defendant teacher John Scopes. To save his own skin, Darrow handed over his client!
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