What crimes did Socrates charged with..?
From Xenophon’s primary account: “Socrates is guilty of crime in refusing to recognise the gods acknowledged by the state, and importing strange divinities of his own; he is further guilty of corrupting the young.” There is much more detail at the following links: http://ancienthistory.about.com/…/Socrates_Trial.htm http://www.law.umkc.edu/…/socrates.
