[identity profile] dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com 2010-07-03 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
The conviction was expected. Scopes was a test case intended to challenge the law's constitutionality.

Unfortunately, the Tennessee Supreme Court found a technicality with the setting of the penalty that derailed the appeal.

[identity profile] catsittingstill.livejournal.com 2010-07-03 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I was pretty sure they expected to lose. Pity about the appeal, though.