White, Dan.

  • A Gay retrospective / produced by Greg Gordon.

    On the Stonewall rebellion in New York City and the Dan White case demonstrations in San Francisco. Actuality and music.|A GAY RETROSPECTIVE / produced by Greg Gordon. – SERIES: Pacifica presents. – On the stonewall rebellion in New York City and the Dan White case demonstrations in San Francisco. Actuality and music. Sensitive language. –…

  • Shot to the right.

    On the Harvey Milk assassination and the subsequent Dan White trial.

  • Crazy and/or guilty as charged: insanity defense, diminished capacity, and the Constitution (Episode 1 of 13)

    First episode of thirteen in a series. A documentary examining the changing legal rulings on the insanity plea. This program looks at John Hinckley’s insanity acquittal, Dan White’s diminished capacity verdict, and comments by legal experts, politicians, psychiatrists, and those acquitted on the basis of insanity. Sponsored by the Pacifica Foundation and the American Civil…

  • Diminished capacity

    Greg Gordon produced this program about the impact of the Dan White verdict. The assassination of San Francisco’s openly gay supervisor, Harvey Milk, and the subsequent lenient treatment of his assassin, Dan White, had trememdous impact on diminished capacity rulings on the gay community. This documentary explores that impact includes actualities and interviews. According to…

  • Moscone-Milk newscast

    KPFA news broadcast from 27 November, 1978, which covered the assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, as well as a story on the Jonestown Massacre, the defeat of Japanese Prime Minister Fukuta, and the Supreme Court ruling on journalists withholding information. Louis Freedberg, announcer. This broadcast won the 1979 award…

  • Should diminished capacity be accepted as a defense in courts of law? / Charles Garry and Lee Coleman.

    On the Dan White defense.|SHOULD DIMINSHED CAPACITY BE ACCEPTED AS A DEFENSE IN COURTS OF LAW? / Charles Garry and Lee Coleman. – SERIES: War of the words. – Dr. Coleman speaks against diminished capacity because he feels that psychiatrists cannot determine a person’s sanity| therefore, it is invalid for use in testimony in courts…

  • The Dan White confession tape / produced by Helen Mickiewicz.

    Confession of assassin of San Francisco mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk. Reading of case analysis in the Bay Guardian.

  • Dan White: reaction to the verdict

    Report on the Dan White verdict which partially cleared him of the murders of George Moscone and Harvey Milk, due to his use of the “Twinkie” defense. White claimed that a sugar-induced psychosis was responsible for his actions. Includes news blurbs and reactions of people on the street. Contains voices of George Moscone, Harvey Milk,…