Socrates and his trial

Sorcates was charged with two crimes:

• Corruption of Athen's youth 
• Being disrespectful to the gods 

His defense: 

• His intentions were to have the people of Athens think about new ideas and thoughts instead of just listening to everyone else
• He was just trying to do his job and he should have been rewarded instead of punished 

I think Socrates should not be punished because of the way he thought about things. All he was trying to do was put a new thought in people's minds. The kids of Athens probably enjoyed being taught by Socrates and were not "corrupted." The ancient Athenians did not like change and did not like that Socrates' ideas went against the gods, making him "dishonorable." Other very smart people have died in history for having ideas that went against public knowledge, like Galileo and even Jesus. I think Socrates should have lived and not been killed because of his ideas. 

• Found guilty and was killed by Hemlock
• He even had the opportunity to escape but he refused proving his loyalty to the Athenian democracy