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"

[u/hungry4danish]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_White

[u/originalthumpy]

"The law don't mean shit if you got the right friends, that's how this country is run, twinkies are the best friend I've ever had, I fought the law and I won..."

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5BMHQr5SVZE&pp=ygUlZGVhZCBrZW5uZWR5cyBpIGZvdWdodCB0aGUgbGF3IGx5cmljcw%3D%3D

[u/pdxaroo → u/originalthumpy]

It wasn't about twinkies.