Milk perhaps never saw White as an ally, but White clearly saw Milk as such, which led to feelings of betrayal. White attended the largest gay-rights fundraiser in the history of U.
About a week after Prop. Then the public employees who had worked hard to elect him let him know, at times angrily, that they objected to his sudden decision. Just as suddenly, the mercurial politician asked for his job back.
White felt betrayed. More important, he felt as though he had betrayed those loyal to him. That got around. Towering figures who die for trifling reasons inspire alternative explanations for their deaths, and those explanations rarely mesh with the facts. They used the opportunities to praise each other, and Milk told friends that he thought he would be able to work with White when the new Board of Supervisors met in January Dan White Trial Dan White wanted his job back. Background The results on November 3, electrified San Francisco's gay community.
Milk dies at A. White surrenders to police. White is charged with two counts of murder and held without bail. Harry Britt, Jr. The preliminary hearing is held in the Dan White case. After 36 hours of deliberation, the jury announces its verdict in the Dan White trial, finding White not guilty on the murder counts, but guilty on two counts of voluntary manslaughter.
Following the verdict, a protest erupts in S. Dan White is sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison. He arrived that day by climbing through a first-floor window on the side of City Hall carrying a loaded gun and 10 rounds of ammunition.
By entering the building through the window, White was able to circumvent the recently installed metal detectors. After entering Moscone's office, White pleaded to be reinstated as supervisor, but Moscone turned down his request. White then shot and killed Moscone by shooting him in the shoulder, chest, and twice in the head. He then reloaded his weapon and moved to the other side of City Hall to Milk's office, fatally shooting him five times, the final two head shots fired with the gun leaning against Milk's skull, as later determined by the coroner.
While being interviewed by investigators, White recorded a tearful confession, stating, "I just shot him. At the trial, White's defense team argued that his mental state at the time of the killings was one of diminished capacity due to depression. They argued, therefore, he was not capable of premeditating the killings, and thus was not legally guilty of first-degree murder.
Forensic psychiatrist Martin Blinder testified that White was suffering from depression and pointed to several behavioral symptoms of that depression, including the fact that White had gone from being highly health-conscious to consuming sugary foods and drinks.
When the prosecution played a recording of White's confession, several jurors wept as they listened to what was described as "a man pushed beyond his endurance. A police officer friend of White claimed to reporters that several officials carried weapons at this time and speculated that White carried the extra ammunition as a habit that police officers abide to.
The jury found White guilty of voluntary manslaughter rather than first degree murder. Outrage within San Francisco's gay community over the resulting seven-year sentence sparked the city's White Night Riots ; general disdain for the outcome of the court case led to the elimination of California's " diminished capacity " law.
White served five years of his seven-year sentence at Soledad State Prison and was paroled on January 6, Fearing White might be murdered in retaliation for his crimes, California State Corrections Officials secretly transported him to Los Angeles , where he served a year's parole. After satisfying the terms of his parole, White planned to return to his lifelong home of San Francisco; Mayor Dianne Feinstein subsequently issued a public announcement of his plans, and a statement formally asking White not to return.
Nevertheless, White did move back to San Francisco and attempted to restore his life with his wife and children. His marriage soon disintegrated.
On October 21, , less than two years after his release from prison, White committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in his garage by running a garden hose from the exhaust pipe to the inside of his car.
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