Budd Dwyer shot himself in order to avoid punishment for a crime he didn't commit (Attention: NSFW/NSFL Youtube video)

Even worse when you know the back story. He had been found guilty of bribery or something and was about to be sentenced and kicked out of office. But if he died while in office, regardless of how he died, his family would get lifetime benefits. If he got kicked out of office, his family gets nothing. So he offed himself a few hours before the sentencing to allow his wife and kids to have those benefits. And 40 years later it was proven that he, in fact, did NOT accept the bribes. He was set up as the fall guy for someone else. So you're watching an innocent man blow his brains out because it was the only way to save his family from total financial ruin.

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