Defendants' Transcript

An effort was made to obtain the defendant's portion of the trial transcript. Unfortunately, it had not been transcribed at the time of the case (the state of Arkansas did not appeal Overton's ruling). This meant that we would be paying page transcription charges, not just copying charges. However, the court reporter said that her request for the original shorthand record came back with a "not found" result. These materials have apparently been mislaid at the storage facility that the state of Arkansas uses for older legal records. We are trying to come up with ways to get a more thorough search done so that these materials can be transcribed.

• Dr. Norman Geisler
  • ACLU attorney notes on Geisler testimony (not yet available) (note: this is not an official record of the trial)
  • The McLean Project has obtained permission from Baker Books to publish four chapters excerpted from defense witness Dr. Norman Geisler's book, Creator In The Courtroom: Scopes II (1982) in which he gives his account of the testimony of the witnesses for both sides of the trial (note: this is not an official record of the trial): Creator In The Courtroom excerpts.
• Dr. Larry Parker
• Dr. W. Scot Morrow
  • Notes taken by an unidentified ACLU attorney on Morrow's testimony. (note: this is not an official record of the trial)
• Jim Townley
  • Notes taken by an unidentified ACLU attorney on Townley's testimony. (note: this is not an official record of the trial)
• Dr. Wayne A. Frair
• Dr. Margaret Helder
• Dr. Donald Chittick
• Dr. Ariel Roth
• Dr. Harold Coffin
• Dr. Chandra Wickramasinghe
  • A prepared statement by defense witness Dr. Chandra Wickramasinghe, a mathematician/astronomer who, along with his mentor the late Sir Fred Hoyle, is opposed to Darwinian evolution. (off site)
• Robert V. Gentry

The article linked to below by science writer Roger Lewin contains a description of the defense witnesses testimony and includes transcriptions of small portions of the testimony given by of some of them during the trial.

• "Where Is the Science in Creation Science?" (1982) by Roger Lewin, Science 215:142-146. (off site)