thing (laughs) when they frisked me. They frisked the report- ers because they didn’t want the reporters to have guns in court. EP: Was this for the Harvey Milk trial? PK: Yeah. EP: During that trial, you coined the phrase “The Twinkie Defense”. You’ve done this a couple of times, creating an expression or a

ely 7-year post-verdict of a trial I covered in San Francisco. An ex-cop had done a double execution, murdered in City Hall the mayor and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician. Nancy's cripple situation was caused by scoliosis. Doctor after doctor said there was no cure. No surgery would h

| covered for a weekly alternative paper the trial of ex-cop Dan White for the double execution of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the gay equivalent of Martin Luther King. In a surprise move, homophobic White’ s defense team presented a bio-chemical explanation of his behavior,

vernment officials in San Francisco--Mayor George Moscone (in 1975, as a state senator, he authored a bill to decriminalize marijuana) and Supervisor Harvey Milk (a dedicated gay activist)—and yet, after an incompetent prosecution and a shrewd defense, White was sentenced to only seven years. That evening, |