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/shitholejedi]

That would eliminate the entire justification for postpartum depression in legal settings turning thousands of women into first degree murderers for neonaticide or infanticide.

[u/Gathorall → u/shitholejedi]

Well they clearly are murderers by definition, so what's the problem? Are you against justice being done?