Two Out of Three

During the sentencing phase of the man just convicted of murdering his wife, my friend Lamar, the prosecutor, was addressing the jury:

"Note, members of the jury, that the accused whom you have just convicted, is not a new-comer to the criminal justice system. He's just been found guilty of strangling his wife with his bare hands, but she was his THIRD wife!!! He also served time--twice--after his first and second wife were both found dead under the strangest of coincidences. Both had just ingested poisoned mushrooms. Now I turn to the defendant and ask him pointblankly, 'Why did you strangle your third wife?' "

"Uh," responded the defendant, "she didn't like mushrooms.."