Dan White, who in 1978 assassinated Harvey Milk and George Moscone, served five years of his seven-year sentence and was paroled on January 7, 1984. In a controversial verdict that led to the coining of the legal slang "Twinkie defense", White was convicted of manslaughter rather than murder in the deaths of Milk and Moscone.
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Notes on original container: Day: Sun Date: 11-12-78 From 0000AM to: 2400PM Signed A.S. Newhouse
Fruit Punch 1-4-84 Dan White Goes Free
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