Justice on Trial Season 1 Episode 8 Scopes Monkey Trial (State of TN v. Scopes)

To mark the 100th Anniversary of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial, Judge Judy Sheindlin and her expert legal team recreate this landmark case. John Thomas Scopes, a high school teacher, was accused of violating the Butler Act, a Tennessee law prohibiting teaching any explanation for the creation of the earth other than the account in the Book of Genesis. By teaching Charles Darwin