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the_phoenix
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15 Mar 2017, 9:29 pm

“I find it highly improbable that during an arson trial, when your defense is spontaneous combustion, that all of a sudden within a minute of your closing argument, your pants start on fire,” Hanzman said Wednesday.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article138624908.html



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16 Mar 2017, 1:40 am

I wish there was live footage of that.



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16 Mar 2017, 10:05 am

He must have been lying.Remember the old rhyme,"liar,liar,pants on fire"?


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16 Mar 2017, 4:24 pm

MissLizard beat me to the punch line! Lol!

But if you're goal is to persuade a jury that "spontaneous combustion" is a real possiblity then having your pants burst into flame right there in ther courtroom would drive home that very point I would think!