13th January 1860 commenced the Trials of Charles Darwin', marking a point of divergence for the WWS TL. Barely a month after On the Origin of the Species publication, British politicians debated the freedom of press and whether Darwin was trying to spread anti-Christianic views among the scientific community. Eventually, this led the country to arrest Darwin, using complicated loopholes around Charles Darwin's right to expression. The sentencing for Darwin was only a 5-year imprisonment; however, an angry riot in midsummer 1861 burned him at the stake before he could complete his sentence.