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United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school

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William Jennings Bryan ... three-time candidate for the US presidency ...
prosecuted Scopes. Clarence Darrow defended him. Scopes was
convicted of having taught human evolution, and was fined $100, but
the verdict was overturned later.
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