The first set of accusations against Socrates come from Plato 19a-24a where the first accusers accused Socrates of being a physicalist and a sophist. These charges were actually false and were not brought against him. The next set of charges against Socrates were specific charges found in Plato 24b-28a. These accusations were made by Meletus, Anytus and Lycon. The accused accuses Socrates of having been acquitted guilty of youth corruption and impiety. For these accusations Meletus requested the death penalty which Socrates received at the end of the trial. Socrates was guilty of corrupting the youth not in a negative way but in a positive way. He corrupted young people by educating them and trying to keep them out of trouble and evil in the community. Yet, on the other hand, Socrates was not guilty of being impious. Socrates says, “I have no leisure to attend to public affairs in any way, not even to attend to my own, but I enjoy great poverty because of my service to the gods” (23b). Thus making Socrates not guilty of being