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"Twinkie defense" is a derisive label for an improbable legal defense. It is not a recognized legal defense in jurisprudence, but a catch-all term coined by reporters during their coverage of the trial of defendant Dan White for the murders of San Francisco city Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. White's defense was that he suffered diminished capacity as a result of his depression, a symptom of which was a change in diet from healthy food to Twinkies and other sugary foods. Contrary to common belief, White's attorneys did not argue that the Twinkies were the cause of White's actions, but that their consumption was symptomatic of his underlying depression. The product itself was only mentioned in passing during the trial. White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter rather t

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rdfs:label	Twinkie Defense (de) Defensa twinkie (es) トゥインキーの抗弁 (ja) Twinkie defense (en) 甜點抗辯 (zh) Захист Твінкі (uk)
rdfs:comment	「トゥインキーの抗弁」（英：Twinkie defense）は、荒唐無稽な法廷弁護を嘲笑するレッテルである。法律上有効な法的な抗弁ではない。サンフランシスコ市の公職者ハーヴェイ・ミルクとジョージ・マスコーニ市長の殺害に対する被告人ダン・ホワイトの裁判の報道において、記者によって作られた造語である。ホワイト側の主張は、食習慣が健康的な食事からトゥインキーその他の甘い食べ物へ変化したことでうつ病を発症し、責任能力が低下した(diminished capacity)というものであった。巷間に流布している説とは異なり、ホワイトの弁護人は、トゥインキーがホワイトの行動の原因であるとは主張しておらず、トゥインキーの消費が彼の根底にあるうつ病の兆候であると主張しただけである。法廷においてトゥインキーが言及されたのはごく一瞬にすぎない。ホワイトは、第1級殺人罪ではなく、故殺罪で有罪判決を受け、5年間服役した。 (ja) 甜點抗辯（Twinkie Defense）是指罪犯將自己的罪行，歸咎於其他非正常外在因素的狡辯行為。 (zh) Twinkie Defense ist eine in den USA verwendete, ironisch-spöttische Bezeichnung für eine bestimmte Art der Argumentation, mit der Verteidiger ihre Mandanten, die wegen einer Straftat vor Gericht stehen, zu entlasten versuchen, damit das Urteil milder ausfällt. Der Begriff entstammt ursprünglich nicht der Rechtssprache, sondern wurde während der Berichterstattung über das Gerichtsverfahren gegen Dan White, der im November 1978 in San Francisco den Stadtrat Harvey Milk und den Oberbürgermeister George Moscone ermordet hatte, vom Satiriker Paul Krassner geprägt und wird seither in den Medien und allgemein für derartige Rechtfertigungen benutzt. (de) Defensa Twinkie es un nombre informal y sin validez jurídica que se aplica a las defensas criminales que se valen de argumentos absurdos para conseguir reducir la pena para el acusado. El sarcástico nombre se popularizó durante el proceso judicial contra Dan White, quien el 27 de noviembre de 1978 asesinó al concejal gay Harvey Milk y a George Moscone (alcalde de la ciudad de San Francisco). Sus abogados utilizaron como defensa judicial el atenuante de que el acusado se encontraba bajo condiciones de "capacidad disminuida" como resultado de una depresión temporal. Bajo tal supuesto, se alegó la imposibilidad de que el acusado hubiera actuado con premeditación, condición necesaria para poder juzgar sus actos como asesinato. La maniobra legal dio buen resultado, ya que White fue condenado po (es) "Twinkie defense" is a derisive label for an improbable legal defense. It is not a recognized legal defense in jurisprudence, but a catch-all term coined by reporters during their coverage of the trial of defendant Dan White for the murders of San Francisco city Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. White's defense was that he suffered diminished capacity as a result of his depression, a symptom of which was a change in diet from healthy food to Twinkies and other sugary foods. Contrary to common belief, White's attorneys did not argue that the Twinkies were the cause of White's actions, but that their consumption was symptomatic of his underlying depression. The product itself was only mentioned in passing during the trial. White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter rather t (en) Фраза «Захист Twinkie» походить від десерту «Twinkies», харчового продукту, відомого високим вмістом цукру та відсутністю будь-яких натуральних компонентів. «Захист Twinkie» є насмішливим ярликом для позначення неймовірного юридичного захисту. (uk)
rdfs:seeAlso	Moscone–Milk assassinations
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