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Episode 84 - The Twinkie Defense

This week we dive into something new, the story of Dan White, a politician from San Francisco who after being denied his job back, shot and killed two other politicians. One of them being Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in california. Listen to the story of how Dan's trial resulted in the white night riots and pushes for more LGBTQ change. We also discuss the Twinkie defense which was a term that was coined during Dan's trial.