Court jury


A man is in court for killing his wife. In the closing statements, the man's lawyer surprises everyone when he announces "His wife was just missing. Everyone look at those doors. His wife is going to walk through those doors in about 30 seconds." The entire court is silent and the jury stares at the door as the lawyer and the defendant stares at the jury. After a couple of minutes, the lawyer says, "See! If you were so sure he killed his wife, you wouldn't be watching that door!" The jury immediately gave a guilty verdict. Why did the jury convict him?


The man was watching the jury and not the door since he knew she wouldn't come