Martin Blinder
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Martin Blinder, M.D. is a forensic psychiatrist and the author of Psychiatry in the Everyday Practice of Law. Blinder is noted for his testimony in the 1979 trial of Dan White. In that trial, 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 such as Twinkies and Coca-Cola. A remark by Blinder that the sugar might have worsened such a depression was widely reported as a claim that the sugar had contributed to the depression, giving rise to the derisive label, the Twinkie defense, for defendants' claims that an unusual biological factor contributed to their motivation to commit a crime.
[edit] References
- Pogash, Carol. "Myth of the 'Twinkie defense'", San Francisco Chronicle, 2003-11-23, p. D-1. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
- Snopes: The Twinkie Defense
- Three part 2001 SF Chronicle series on Martin Blinder's personal/professional life
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