I dunno. I always thought that had Dan White murdered only Mayor Moscone, he’d have gotten the death penalty. But since he also murdered Milk, he got seven, reduced to five.
I just did a little research. White got a reduced sentence because his lawyer was able to successfully argue diminished copacity.
Sometimes an extra murder makes the law more lenient than it would be for just the one.
What??? Since when?
That makes no sense.