Which trial do you think is more valuable in giving us account of the rule of law? The Orestis or Socrates...?

Question

... in Platos diagluge? Which is more valuable?

Answer 1

I suppose it would be Orestis. The trial of Socrates wasn't a fair trial - it was more like the Athenian leaders were trying to shut him up by sentencing him to death on the charge of "corruption the youth's mind".

In fact, the law applied in Socrates' trial is unnatural as it was manipulated by the politicians for their own ends & not for the common good.