Prosecutor Accused In Sex Sting Kills Himself

[The Straight Story]

Prosecutor Accused In Sex Sting Kills Himself


MILAN, Mich. -- A federal prosecutor who was arrested in an Internet sex sting after he allegedly traveled to Michigan from Florida to have sex with a 5-year-old girl hanged himself in a Michigan federal prison Friday morning, Detroit television station WDIV-TV reported.

John D.R. Atchison, 53, was put on suicide watch after he used a bed sheet in an attempted suicide in September.

Detroit police confirmed Atchison's suicide death at 10:14 a.m. Friday. They have not released any details.

Atchison was a married father of three and a respected figure who coached girls' softball and basketball in a park a few blocks from his home in a well-to-do Florida beach community.

http://www.local6.com/news/14279166/detail.html

[liberalmuse]

1. You know...

It strongly appears the man was really looking to have sex with a 5 year old. It's hard to mourn sick fucks like that. I feel bad for his wife and kids, though. :(

[Catherine Vincent]

2. I don't understand.

When pedophiles have these urges, why don't they seek help?

[jgraz]

4. That's actually a good point

The reaction to pedophilia is so strong that I would guess most people would be afraid to reveal this problem. Even if they did, is there a treatment for it?

[opihimoimoi]

5. Them GOPerphiles don't seek help all too often either...I guess its OBSSESSIVE COMPLUSION

to be a PUB..brainwashed or not....

[Cirque du So-What]

7. From studies I've seen, pedophiles are masters of rationalization

Some are even capable of the doublethink necessary to believe that the children are the instigators!

Someday, scientists may be able to attribute pedophilia to some organic brain disorder or chemical imbalance. Until that day, locking them up is the only viable altertnative...the only legal one, that is.

[ccpup]

12. perhaps some of them

are afraid they'll be turned in? The ones with a conscience, I mean.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

15. Fear?

Fear of being labelled a sex offender?

I think there was a study awhile back, I could be misremembering it, but the harsher the penalties are for paroled sex offenders, the less likely they'll be to continue psychological help and ultimately more likely to reoffend.

[jgraz]

3. That's a shame. He'll be missed.

(If I need the sarcasm tag for this, you need your irony meter adjusted.)

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

6. this doesn't make sense

he was already on suicide watch after one attempt. He was either ignored or helped. Personally, I would have liked to see him sit in prison for the rest of his life.

[monktonman]

8. If you look at the end result it makes perfect sense.

If I were a prison gaurd in that jail, I'd be encouraging him to do it.
I'd tell him either he could do it himself now or wait until he's released into the general population and someone will do it for him.
Call me a hard ass but I have no mercy for these scum bags.

I feel sorry for his children though.

[DefenseLawyer]

13. You really want convicts to hand out "justice" in the yard?

It is very easy to show that you are a "hard ass" and that's fine, but if your son were to find himself arrested and in jail, would you really want the guys in the yard to decide if he should live or die? Of course you might want to limit this "justice" to accused pedophiles, but the aryan nation guys in the yard may want to extend it to include pedophiles and black people; or the drug dealers in the yard may want it to be pedophiles and snitches; or maybe to pedophiles and your son, because they felt like it. Your sentiment might make you feel better or something, but it's not very well thought out.

[MoonRiver]

16. I don't know if I feel sorry for his children. Who knows what they've been through.

Did he have any girls?

edit: Meant to reply to #8.

[monktonman]

17. Its not about what I want.

No I dont want convicts handing out justice in "the yard" (been watching too many movies)
but in this case it would be just fine by me.
Sorry, just the way I feel.

Also, if my son showed up at the house of a five year old, who's mother promised to arrange
a sexual encounter with him ("just the facts ma'am") the last thing he would have to worry
about would be the guys in the yard.

If you have any doubts this guy is/was guilty, please, do tell.

[DefenseLawyer]

18. My concern has nothing to due with his guilt or innocence

Once you turn the jail or prison into some kind of off the grid execution chamber, do you really think you could count on the cons to reserve this power just for the guys that in your mind "really deserve it"? I didn't suggest in my question that your son had been accused of a similar crime, only that he had been arrested and jailed. The question was would you want other prisoners to punish him, even kill him, because they felt justified by what he was charged with or the color of his skin or any other twisted criteria of prison "justice"?
I know nothing about this guys case, except that he had been accused and not yet convicted, and he may very well have been guilty and probably was. I do know that plenty of people have been falsely accused of child molesting. Would you be okay if someone who it was later shown had been falsely accused had been killed by other inmates while the guards looked the other way?

[Bluebear]

Indeed, counsellor. Thank you.

[Ghost in the Machine]

9. eh, one less shit stain in the underwear of life....

good riddence, scumbag. He wouldn't have lasted in prison anyways.

This piece of shit didn't want his other crimes coming out at trial. He admitted tot he undercover cop that he had "done it plenty of times" and "you just have to go slow and easy. I like it slow and easy."

Rot in hell, you piece of shit!

[Catherine Vincent]

11. I cringe everytime I see that quote.

:mad:

[Ghost in the Machine]

14. Statement from his lawyer, and a question for DU lawyers....

"Atchison's attorney, James C. Thomas, released a statement Friday:

"We are deeply saddened to learn the death of John Roy Atchison. Our heartfelt regrets go out to his wife and children, his parents and his brothers and sisters. This is a man who has done a lot of good in his life. Unfortunately, he is going to be judged by his most recent charges and what we have read in the media, and not by the goodness, hard work or by the love of his family. I expect to be filing a Suggestion of Death and will request the federal judge to dismiss the case once I receive the necessary documents."

Ok, now the question:
Is there *any* way to stop them from dismissing the charges? This piece of shit should have the label "pedophile" beside his name throughout eternity. Just because he chose the chickenshit way out shouldn't change that.

When they guy who molested my niece a couple years ago killed himself, we were told they could still prosecute him post mortem. Can we make sure this guy gets his just desserts? Sounds like another "Kennyboy Lay" deal, huh?

[Bucky]

28. I am so sorry to hear about your neice. She didn't deserve that.

No one deserves that pain. I pray you and all the rest of her family can give her all the love she needs to heal. Only love will fix it.

God bless you for all you do for her.

[malaise]

10. He succeeded this time

I wonder how many of those kids he coached have the goods on this sicko.

[WinkyDink]

19. As someone posted, "to have sex with a 5-year-old girl" SHOULD BE WRITTEN "to RAPE a 5-year-old

girl."

[Fierce]

36. Ah! I should have read your post first!

I said the same thing further down. There's no "with" in what he wanted to do. He wanted to rape, assault and molest her.

[madinmaryland]

20. I wish he could have been convicted by a jury of his peers.

As it stands now, it is only an "allegation" by police.

From some of the posters on this thread there seems to a LOT of Nancy Grace in them. (i.e., if the police arrest you then you ARE guilty). What part of our laws here do you not understand.

[JuniperLea]

21. Why would someone kill themselves over an allegation?

Seems a long term solution to a short term problem if he was indeed innocent.

[madinmaryland]

23. Many reasons, primarily that he was a federal prosecutor

and had been accused of a horrible crime. Even if he was not guilty, his life had been totally destroyed, in addition to his family's.

[JuniperLea]

26. Not if he were to be found innocent!!!

If he acted like an innocent man, and went after his accusers instead of topping himself!

Nope, your comment makes no sense whatsoever.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

34. Our system doesn't find the accused 'innocent'.

The most he could hope for is not guilty.

I still can't figure out why he was in prison.

[Heidi]

31. True or not, allegations can follow a person for life. (nt)

[Sukie1941]

22. How many of your kids have been molested?

You would be really surprised at how many kids are "out there" who have been molested by someone.

What can we do to get kids to report these attacks?

I wonder how many posters who would sit down tonight and ask their kids if they have or someone they know has been molested will post back to us their responses. Hopefully they won't tell you it is your neighbor or Uncle Billy-Bob.

Please talk with your kids since so many of our schools have their hands tied about even discussing sexual predation. Especially tell your kids that even if someone threatens them for talking that they have a better chance to safely talk than to get molested again and again.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

24. I won't cry in my beer, but why was he in prison when he

hadn't been convicted yet. I read the article & couldn't find the answer. :shrug:

[backscatter712]

25. Can't say I feel sorry for this SOB.

This fucker was caught dead to rights. I'm not going to shed a single tear for him. I'll leave that to better people than myself.

[Bucky]

27. I was feeling sad for him until I got to the phrase "5-year-old girl"

I feel about as bad about him dying as I would about seeing a snake run over on a highway. He died before he bit someone else.

Good.

.

[Bluebear]

29. "was put on suicide watch" - well, they didn't watch very well, did they?

[Heidi]

32. LIHOP?

I wouldn't be surprised.

[Imagevision]

30. If we can get them all to do that the world would be a better place...

[book_worm]

33. Am I supposed to be mourning this guy?

[Fierce]

35. He wasn't hoping "to have sex with a 5-year-old girl".

He was hoping to rape her.