Man Dies In Court After Taking Pill

"Man Commits Suicide In The Courtroom"
Found guilty of burning down his own home and facing years in jail Michael Marin appeared to swallow a substance in the Arizona courtroom and later died on the way to hospital.
A man convicted of arson in a Phoenix court appeared to swallow something before collapsing and dying after the guilty verdict was read out.

The drama unfolded in Maricopa County Superior Court on Thursday afternoon after ex-Wall Street trader Michael Marin was found guilty of setting fire to his $3.5 million Biltmore mansion because he could not afford the mortgage, Fox reports.

In court room video released of the incident, the 53-year-old appears shocked as the verdict is read out and appears to put something in his mouth before washing it down with liquid in a plastic bottle.

The father-of-four is seen collapsing moments later and convulsing.

Paramedics attempted to revive him but he was later pronounced dead in hospital.

Toxicology reports will be carried out on his body and the water bottle he drank from.

Marin was earlier told he would face 16 years jail if convicted of the 2009 blaze, which he escaped wearing a scuba-diving suit.

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[robotpanda77]

Why did I watch this?

[Andy kowalkowski]

LOL! The judge looks like stinky Pete from Toy Story 2

[THATS1CK]

Color me psycho but I don't condone the abuse of dogs at all, being a dog owner myself I love my dog.

I don't know if you're trolling but I have no idea what sexism has to do with anything? Don't generalize me just because people of my gender tend to be nicer to women, I think it should be equal for man/woman.

[fracture82]

You think that calling him "selfish" and a "dickhead" makes him any less of a person than you are? The fact that you think someone should "deserve" your empathy says a lot about your mental condition. And your choice of distancing language betrays your covert sexism: you'd be at least 10% more understanding if it was a woman.

I'd kill myself too if my life was in the hands of people like you.

[THATS1CK]

What? You're telling me I need to feel bad about some dickhead who killed himself. You make no sense.

[fracture82]

That's BS. You're either letting society dictate who and why should should feel something natural, or you don't feel any empathy at all for anyone and are making up excuses to justify your mental health problem.

[THATS1CK]

I don't have empathy for a man who attemped insurance fraud, and then in selfishness killed himself leaving four children fatherless. No empathy for somebody who kills themselves while the mother and the children have to bare the trauma of knowing their own father killed themselves and that they'll never see him again. I assure you they would give anything to at least see their dad behind bars or through a glass window.

[fracture82]

WTF was going through your head when you typed this reply? Is your ego so huge that you can't see past it for two seconds, long enough to think about the stupid shit you resort to saying just to keep it inflated? I seriously doubt someone with an ego as big as yours could handle 20 months in prison. It would break you like a Kit Kat bar.

[fracture82]

Your empathy machine is broken. You might want to see a doctor for that.

[2Sloans]

wow. I knew a black guy who killed himself because his boyfriend broke up with him. that's wayyyy more stupid of a reason then this white guy. just saying,