An urban legend named for this product stemmed from psychiatrist Martin Blinder's testimony about a defendant's increased consumption of sugar. For 10 points each:
[10e] Give this particular product which names a "defense" coined by the press coverage of the assassination of the mayor and city supervisor of San Francisco.
ANSWER: Twinkie [prompt on non-specific answers like junk food]
[10m] The so-called Twinkie defense successfully granted a lesser conviction of voluntary manslaughter for the killing of George Moscone and this openly gay city supervisor.
ANSWER: Harvey Milk
[10h] One protestor shouted "make sure you put in the paper that I ate too many Twinkies" during these riots that erupted in San Francisco following the verdict.
ANSWER: White Night riots
<Lalit Maharjan , History - American - post-1945>