the Gadfly spent his time questioning people about things like virtue, justice, piety and truth. The people questioned are the people that condemned him to death. was sentenced to death because people did not like him and they wanted to shut him up for good. There was not any real evidence against to prove the accusations against him. was condemned for three major reasons: he told important people exactly what he thought of them, he questioned ideas that had long been the norm, the youth copied his style of questioning for fun, making At ....