Wall Street Trader Takes Suicide Pill in Court

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A former Wall Street trader and Yale-educated attorney, who was convicted of arson yesterday for burning down his Phoenix mansion, appeared to pop a pill after hearing the guilty verdict in court and died minutes later, according to Fox 10 News in Phoenix via New York Daily News.

 

Michael James Marin, who once reached the summit of Mount Everest, was convicted in Maricopa County Superior Court "of arson of an occupied structure" after setting his $3.5 million Biltmore Estates mansion on fire because he could no longer pay his $17,500 monthly mortgage, according to media reports.

 

At the time, he was reportedly found outside the home wearing a SCUBA gear after escaping from the second-floor.

 

The video in court shows Marin appearing to swallow something after hearing the jury read the verdict.

 

Moments later he started having convulsions and was pronounced dead before he arrived at the hospital, the reports said.

 

Maricopa County authorities told Fox 10 News they can't verify the cause of death until the toxicology report results come out.

 

The New York Daily News points out that the crime would have put Marin away for about 16 years.

http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-marin-swallows-pill-in-court-2012-6

Video of ingestion of pill and death:

its like budd dwyer but a lot less gory

where the hell do you even get a suicide pill

in before filter writes a song about it

More details on the man: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2009-08-27/news/burning-man-an-urbane-attorney-says-he-escaped-his-blazing-home-using-scuba-gear-and-now-he-s-charged-with-arson/

  On 6/30/2012 at 2:08 AM, uptown devil said:

in before filter writes a song about it

lol

You should be able to burn down your own house. (as long no one is harmed)

must be to collect insurance money. banks are much better at staged arson

  On 6/30/2012 at 2:08 AM, uptown devil said:

in before filter writes a song about it

  On 6/30/2012 at 5:05 AM, usagi said:

hey man nice pop

lol

there are some cuties in that video !

also, horrifying !

Lol

i told you i was hardcore

jagged little pill

Potassium cyanide is a hell of a drug...

lol

  On 6/30/2012 at 2:07 AM, disparaissant said:

where the hell do you even get a suicide pill

What an idiot. Not for taking a suicide pill to avoid 16 years jail (I probably would too; being incarcerated is probably my biggest fear), but burning your own house because you can't afford to pay it off anymore? Can't you just declare bankruptcy and start again?

That automatic "your honor" response by the woman reminded me of the SWAT dude saying "get on the floor" AFTER shooting and killing the guy with a golf club who just wanted to protect his home.

  On 6/30/2012 at 11:17 AM, chimera slot mom said:

That automatic "your honor" response by the woman reminded me of the SWAT dude saying "get on the floor" AFTER shooting and killing the guy with a golf club who just wanted to protect his home.

oh jesus, don't bring up that video on top of what we just watched

that guy sounds like a world-class grade-a cunt. Wonder what makes a person turn out that way, with such pride and such a fragile ego.

  On 6/30/2012 at 11:45 AM, lumpenprol said:

that guy sounds like a world-class grade-a cunt. Wonder what makes a person turn out that way, with such pride and such a fragile ego.

It's called cultural brainwashing. The idea that "what we do is very important", and when it's threatened because of how fragile it is, one reaches for the cyanide. Don't be afraid.

  On 6/30/2012 at 11:39 AM, Awepittance said:

  On 6/30/2012 at 11:17 AM, chimera slot mom said:

That automatic "your honor" response by the woman reminded me of the SWAT dude saying "get on the floor" AFTER shooting and killing the guy with a golf club who just wanted to protect his home.

 

oh jesus, don't bring up that video on top of what we just watched

Why not? It's just bullshit. Noise. I'm amazed that one would kill themselves simply because of the IDEA of what they would be facing for the next 16 years. And I'm amazed by the governmental fascist preaching by the judges and other puppets. The chaos and mystery of the dude's death rattles demonstrate how fucking shallow that is. It's absolutely amazing, in a strange way.

Sounds like a pathological liar and real piece of work:

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I dated Michael J. Marin for many months and believe that he is a chronic liar. After I broke up with him in early October 2008, he used my computer and left it open to his personal email account. I believe he wanted to "burn" me by showing me the 40+ other women he was pursuing, dating, and/or sleeping with (mostly from

Match.com

) while we were dating "exclusively". He apologized, claimed to be a sex addict, and said he was seeking help from a psychotherapist. Instead, his

Match.com

profile went up and active again, with the same old story, the same improbable claims.

I believe that the real Michael J. Marin is quite different from the carefully scripted versions he gives and I believe that he acts without a moral compass or conscious.

Coincidentally, in an email message I sent earlier in 2009, I wrote, "I feel like Michael Marin is a church arsonist and I am the only person who knows he is walking around with matches and gas-soaked rags."

Also, the world lost a great artist:

is it bad that i kind of enjoyed that video?

Very bad. Sicko.

  On 6/30/2012 at 2:22 PM, tauboo said:

is it bad that i kind of enjoyed that video?

yes

  On 6/30/2012 at 2:22 PM, tauboo said:

is it bad that i kind of enjoyed that video?

A couple other people said yes, because they felt guilty for enjoying it too.