For a former Wall Street millionaire-turned-arsonist, a lengthy prison sentence was truly a fate 'worse than death.'
Click on “next” at the bottom right for the YouTube video of the courtroom ordeal.
A convoluted home arson case dating back to 2009 ended in tragedy late last week, when Michael Marin chose to end his life rather than face social ostracism and between 7 and 21 years in prison.
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