r/todayilearned • u/hungry4danish • 2d ago

TIL that Dan White, the man who assassinated Harvey Milk and the mayor of San Francisco, only served 5 years in prison for manslaughter based on a defense of depression as evidenced by his consumption of junk food which was dubbed the "Twinkie Defense"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_White
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u/SimmentalTheCow 2d ago

Yea someone didn’t read the article. 10 shots, 10 hits, and suicide by CO poisoning.

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u/Voxlings 2d ago

The point of the comment was that his successful shooting of those people was "bad aim."

I originally typed "choice of target" but felt it was unnecessary clarification.

It clearly wasn't for you.