Michael Marin was found guilty for burning down his Biltmore area mansion in 2009 to collect insurance money.  Did he commit suicide in the courtroom?

After the verdict was read, watch him put his hands over his face and it looks like he put something into his mouth.  He then took a drink and collapsed in the courtroom.  He was rushed to the hospital and died there.  He wasn't sentenced yet, but could have faced up to 16 years in prison.

What if he only spent 5 years in prison?  Was it worth it to take his own life?  Clearly he had thought this through if he had went as far as to bring whatever drug that killed him into the courtroom, just in case he was convicted.

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