Manslaughter?
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mackay254 — 12 years ago(May 12, 2013 12:15 PM)
How can a bloke walk into a building, pull out a gun, point it first at one man and then at another, shoot them three or four times each and get away with manslaughter?
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Doc80 — 12 years ago(July 07, 2013 10:29 AM)
It's called the "Twinkie Defense." Basically, the defense claimed that Dan was eating more junk food leading up to the assassinations and that was an indication that he was clinically depressed. It's a BS defense for sure but the jury bought it.
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InsanityIsTrueSanity — 12 years ago(March 23, 2014 12:15 AM)
I was once a juror for a trial. I can tell you that it all comes down to who has the better lawyer and who can put on the better show and who can withhold evidence from being shown to the jury. Trials are usually boring and the jury tends to fall asleep because truth be told, they don't want to be there in the first place. Jury duty is forced on people at random. With that being said, that could've been a contributing factor to Dan White's case.
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Doc80 — 10 years ago(June 09, 2015 04:58 AM)
Yeah, it's messed up. It's why the jury system isn't always the best system. Dan clearly murdered Harvey with malice. He should have been convicted of first degree murder but because one of the victims was a "fruit" it's all practically forgiven.