Do you think the Apology or Crito best explains Socrates fate?

The Apology and Crito were both written by Plato after the death of Socrates.  The events that took place in The Apology, that is the trial of Socrates, were witnessed by Plato while the dialogue between Crito and Socrates on the potential escape attempt of Socrates must have been told second hand.   Both the Apology and Crito illuminate certain aspects of Socrates, both in his philosophy and his temperament.

The Apology shows Socrates at his best in his arguments about wisdom/ignorance and his dismantling of his accuser, Meletus, by using the Socratic method to put Meletus into a contradiction.  The Apology also shows Socrates at his worst, a self-righteous dick who demands an award as his punishment.  His pursuit of truth above all else is admirable, but his arrogance is ultimately what leads to his undoing.  The arguments presented in Crito are less compelling.  He argues that the majority are not to be listened to, but then argues that the laws are what matter.  Athens is considered a democratic society where one presumes the laws are decided by the majority.  He both personifies the law and holds it infallible at the same time.  This feels like a contradiction more in line with Plato’s philosophy presented in works like The Republic.  Also, one of the arguments is if you don’t like it move which continues to be a statement used by idiots today.

However, I believe that while some of the arguments Socrates presents in Crito are more Plato’s voice than his, the most compelling part of Crito is Socrates’s acceptance of his fate and his refusal to be something he’s not just for the sake of living.  When presented with the emotional argument of abandoning his sons, he explains that he can not raise his sons any better in exile than in death.  He wants his sons to be raised in Athens which Socrates holds in a very high regard.  He has spent almost his entire life in Athens and has spent it arguing and questioning and teaching.  To be exiled would mean leaving all that behind and if he could not continue to be who he is, what would be the point in living.

Even if the trial, his sentencing, or his refusal to escape had gone differently, it is possible Socrates thought that no matter the outcome, his life would have been altered in such a way as he would no longer be able to do what he loved.  This could also go on to explain his cavalier attitude and his resignation to death.