He was the Attorney for the Damned, the Great Defender, the champion of free thought who skewered biblical literalism at the Scopes Monkey Trial and the master courtroom rhetorician whose three-day ...

In 1925, when he volunteered to defend John Scopes' right to teach evolution, Clarence Darrow had already reached the top of his profession. The year before, in a sensational trial in Chicago, he ...

It appears that this remarkable trial lawyer, noted for his mesmerizing eloquence in court and for defending controversial individuals, may have bribed two prospective jurors in the so-called McNamara ...

The claim: Mark Twain said, 'I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.' After the death of conservative media personality Rush Limbaugh on Feb. 17, some social ...

In July 1925, John Thomas Scopes, a Tennessee high school teacher, was tried for teaching that man descended from a lower ...

Clarence Darrow, addressing the jury as a defendant, was never convicted of bribery, but his two trials shattered his reputation. Public Domain On a rainy night in Los Angeles in December 1911, ...

STRUTHERS — Selah Dessert Theater will present a one-man play about attorney Clarence Darrow starting Nov. 11. David W. Rintel’s play “Clarence Darrow” is based on Irving Stone’s book about the ...

Where: Olney Theatre, 2001 Olney-Spring Road, Olney, Md. When: Various times, now through Sept. 6 Info: $26 to $49; discounts available for students, military, students and groups; 301-924-3400; ...

In his place is Clarence Darrow (1857-1938), the first superstar lawyer in the United States, perhaps most famous for the "Scopes monkey trial" of 1925, in which he defended a public school instructor ...

BRAINERD — When an email from ‘ILHS’ appeared in his inbox, Patrick Spradlin nearly deleted it unread. “I thought it was spam, or at worst a scam,” he said. “I didn’t know what ‘ILHS’ stood for or who ...

Clarence Darrow, addressing the jury as a defendant, was never convicted of bribery, but his two trials shattered his reputation. Public Domain On a rainy night in Los Angeles in December 1911, ...