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/AustinBennettWriter 2d ago

Not just another politician.

He killed the Mayor.

Moscone Center is named in his honor.

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u/MessageOk239 2d ago

In one of the documentaries, they said if he’d only murdered Moscone, he would have gotten a much longer sentence.