Liam O'Mara IV, PhD
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1978, former #SanFrancisco Supervisor #DanWhite assassinated Mayor #GeorgeMoscone and fellow Supervisor #HarveyMilk. White was convicted only of 'voluntary manslaughter', serving just five years, because eating junk food supposedly showed he was depressed.
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Show threadKagan MacTane (he/him)Nov 27

@LiamOMaraIV Thank you very much for accurately representing the Twinkie Defense! For a long time, too many people phrased it as "the junk food *made him* depressed/mentally ill/whatever". It seems the tide is changing on that.

(Not to excuse White of anything, of course; he should have gotten way more time than he did. But his defense was at least vaguely believable, not completely bizarre.)