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LastLiberal in PalmSprings

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2. In the end, Scopes lost the trial.

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Sat May 25, 2019, 07:01 PM

May 2019

He was fined $100 (about $1,200 in today's money). On appeal, the Tennessee upheld the constitutionality of the statute but reversed the verdict on a technicality. source

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Just rewatched "Inherit The Wind"--- the movie based on the infamous "Monkey Trial". [View all] Atticus May 2019 OP

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In the end, Scopes lost the trial. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2019 #2

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