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Crime history – Arrest spurs Scopes evolution trial

By Scott McCabe
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On this day, May 5, in 1925, John Scopes was arrested in Dayton, Tenn., for teaching evolution.

The ensuing trial pitted two of the sharpest legal minds against each other and was a critical turning point in the creation vs. evolution controversy.

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