On Thursday we watched three court cases that were, let's say, very strange and unfamiliar.

Dan White = a former supervisor who killed the mayor and another supervisor.  His case was different than the norm because the case was called the "Twinkie defense".  White's lawyer said White had an undiagnosed depression and his lawyer claimed that sugar (twinkies) were a violent catalyst!  So even though his actions were without a doubt 1st degree murder (in my opinion) he got away with man slaughter.  So what it comes down to is that White had a good lawyer.

Scott Falater = The Sleepwalker!  This man brutally murdered his wife while sleeping.  This might be credible if he stabbed her once, but he stabbed her 44 times and then drowned her in their pool...it's very hard to argue that he didn't mean to kill her when her screams, the struggle of killing someone, and the noise of the neighbors didn't wake him up.  He was guilty of 1st degree murder(jail for life).

Kathy Willets = The infomaniac.  Mrs. Willets took an anti-deprssent called Prozac, this drug made her loose self control.  When her husband could no longer satisfy her needs, they started to bring in other males and asked them for a donation...
Although this reaction to Prozac is not an unknown condition, one still can't turn their own home into a brothel.  In the end Kathy was accused of prostitution and both her and her husband ended up going to jail.

~Strange/New cases usually don't sit well with the public according to these cases.  Do you think the verdicts were appropriate?