On Wed, May 14, 1997 at 09:28:16AM -0400, Tom Allard wrote:
Didn't her boss's murderer walk on the charge by using the defence that he ate too many Twinkies? No political intrigue here...
That was the defense, yes. Dan White was a former cop and treated like a hero by fellow cops. The prosecution never really challenged the Twinkie defense, nor did they bring up politics or homophobia as motives. With a prosecution like that, who needs a defense?
Dan White committed suicide, after a while. He probably died sooner than the state could have killed him, with appeals and all. Anyway, Feinstein has had a fair amount of first hand experience with gun violence -- more than most people on this list. Her stand on gun control is probably the most principled and honest one she has made. -- Kent Crispin "No reason to get excited", kent@songbird.com the thief he kindly spoke... PGP fingerprint: B1 8B 72 ED 55 21 5E 44 61 F4 58 0F 72 10 65 55 http://songbird.com/kent/pgp_key.html