Miami lawyer’s pants erupt in flames during arson trial in court

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article137317553.html#storylink=cpy



A Miami defense lawyer’s pants burst into flames Wednesday afternoon as he began his closing arguments in front of a jury — in an arson case.


Stephen Gutierrez, who was arguing that his client’s car spontaneously combusted and was not intentionally set on fire, had been fiddling in his pocket as he was about to address jurors when smoke began billowing out his right pocket, witnesses told the Miami Herald.

[Hondo69]

As far as jokes go there's some X-rated gold here.

But I'll go with a family friendly standby - If a lawyer catches on fire would anybody put him out?

[EC]

As far as jokes go there's some X-rated gold here.

But I'll go with a family friendly standby - If a lawyer catches on fire would anybody put him out?

That depends. Did you bring marshmallows?

[jmyrlefuller]

Well, you know what they say:

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

[mountaineer]

[Lando Lincoln]

When I was a young man, that always seemed to happen at the worst possible moment.

[Wingnut]

Never hire a tweeker as a lawyer.

[240B]

He was trying to prove that spontaneous combustion is a real thing that happens 'all the time', to anybody anywhere without any notice at all.

You would have to be a brain dead fool, like he is, to fall for his idiotic theatrics.

Whomever hired this fool needs to go to jail just for that alone, regardless of the case at hand.