The Age Of Innocents
June, 1994
It began with the Twinkies Defense. Dan White admitted he had killed San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone in 1978 but contended that those creamy golden logs had driven his blood sugar to insane levels. Although the jurors convicted White of manslaughter, they were polite enough to consider his excuse. That marked a change. No longer was this simple homicide: It was killing with a qualifier, murder with a note from Mom. Since then, the change has accelerated. Defense arg...
