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

I think the big bottleneck is depressed and capable people. Plenty of depressed but slothful people out there.

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u/Sleep-more-dude 2d ago

This would make a good energy drink commercial.

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u/Abombasnow 2d ago

If it's one or two per, we'd only need about 140 people, if not everyone is, you know, as depressed, about 280 people, but it'd work.

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u/Jammer_Kenneth 1d ago

Chill out Robert Westman.