An Arizona man collapsed and died in court Thursday immediately after his conviction for arson. [AP]

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=26109648 Jim Davison

    coincidence or suicide pill?

    • bcsizemo

      Spontaneous combustion.

    • seyo

      suicide pill. here’s to hoping more wall streeters follow his example.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=557683737 Adam Greenfield

    His hopes for an acquittal were extinguished, as was he.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=527268026 Chris Murphy

    All part of the escape plan. Part 1 has been executed flawlessly.

  • princessalex

    They’re thinking he may have put “something” in his mouth right after the verdict was read.  Now, they’re waiting for the toxicology reports to come back. 

    http://www.correctionsone.com/news/5788976-Man-dies-after-being-convicted-in-Ariz-arson-case/

    • http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby

      It’s actually a good plan, something I’m surprised doesn’t happen more often.

      Not that I make a habit of doing things that could result in prison time, but if I were facing a decade or two in prison I’d seriously consider it – you can’t regret killing yourself once you’re dead, so the tension and apprehension would be pretty short lived VS what must feel like a lifetime of misery.

      • Brandon Wright

        Probably what he was thinking at the time…

  • http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby

    Well played, Rob, well played.

  • Palomino

    My guess, he ingested a very high does of nitroglycerin. 

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Cooper-DiBiase/100000445446098 Cooper DiBiase

      It could’ve been any number of pharmaceuticals — they manufacture doses of many psychotropics, for example, that would kill a person in a hurry if they had not been developing tolerance for a decade or longer.

      Or maybe that’s just what they tell those of us who work with the developmentally disabled to keep us from copping their meds.

  • yeastbeast

    This has the makings of a Lars von Trier film.

  • http://twitter.com/zeroanaphora แอ็ะปปี้

    Yeah, I watched the video and found it profoundly horrific. You can clearly see him ingesting something. The camera is focused on the guy’s face as he decides to kill himself and then waits out the consequences. It’s brutal, brutal, brutal.

  • Mitchell Glaser

    The jury immediately held up cards grading his performance: 6 – 6 – 5 – 6 – 5.5 – 3.2 (from the Bulgarian)

  • Brandon Wright

    Cyanide Pill?