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Jailed federal prosecutor hangs himself
Northwest Florida Daily News ^ | 10/05/2007 | Staff Reporter

Posted on 10/05/2007 1:08:55 PM PDT by diverteach

The Detroit Free Press is reporting that federal prosecutor J.D. Roy Atchison of Gulf Breeze, who was charged last month after allegedly flying to Detroit to have sex with a 5-year-old child, committed suicide today.

The newspaper cited authorities who said Atchison hanged himself this morning at the federal prison in Milan, Mich., where he was taken after previously trying to commit suicide at Sanilac County Jail.

They said the 53-year-old Atchison, who worked in the U.S. attorney’s office in Pensacola, had been housed in solitary confinement and was under close supervision, the newspaper reported.

Lawyer James Thomas of Detroit said he planned to ask a federal judge to dismiss the charges against Atchison, the Free Press reported.

Greg Miller, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Florida, issued the following statement in response to Atchison's suicide: "Our thoughts and prayers are with Roy’s family and friends. We hope that with the passage of time, they can find some measure of healing."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: atchison; donutwatch; johnatchison; pedophile; sexoffender; suicide
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To: Brad's Gramma

***Slithering away from the computer, I go.......................***

Aw, come back, Grammy. We all make mistakes. Course, if you’re gonna do it, don’t do it early on the thread or you’ll hear it, and hear it, and hear it. Been there. Still have the whip marks on my tender hide.


41 posted on 10/05/2007 1:26:16 PM PDT by kitkat (I refuse to let the DUers chase me off FR.)
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To: princess leah

I was wondering if he was one of the ones that Bush was trying to fire.


42 posted on 10/05/2007 1:26:17 PM PDT by misharu (US Congress = children without adult supervision)
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To: PAR35
Not a presidential appointee.

Correct...Assistant Prosecutors are hired, not appointed.

43 posted on 10/05/2007 1:26:27 PM PDT by CT-Freeper (Said the frequently disappointed but ever optimistic Mets fan)
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To: stevio

Search for “John David Roy Atchison”, you’ll have to find the census stuff yourself though. Probably best to let this one lie though, the first links are dailykos and wildblue or some other dhim site.


44 posted on 10/05/2007 1:26:37 PM PDT by ketsu
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To: diverteach
was under close supervision

So it happened when the guard had to go take a wizz?

45 posted on 10/05/2007 1:26:46 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (U.N. = 4th Reich)
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To: diverteach

This time, he did the right thing. Can’t say the same for our legal system, which was trying to prevent him from doing the right thing, so that the taxpayers could be forced to house him for the rest of life at a cost of about $1 million, or have him loose on the streets again.


46 posted on 10/05/2007 1:26:59 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: SMARTY

Suicide provisions are almost always limited for two years. After that, they pay out in full. the time period may be different in some states. The reasoning is that a person would not follow through on a plan to commit suicide after two years.


47 posted on 10/05/2007 1:27:03 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: FReepaholic
I've slithered away, remember? :)
48 posted on 10/05/2007 1:27:07 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Mother of the Bride here, treat me with respect for once, will ya? ;))
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To: Brad's Gramma

I don’t think there was a child or a family involved, just the police posing as a child.


49 posted on 10/05/2007 1:27:09 PM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: diverteach

Just one more liberal prevented from joining the GLBTP alliance of deviants.


50 posted on 10/05/2007 1:27:10 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot
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To: diverteach

Justice served. It was the best way to go. What a scumbag.


51 posted on 10/05/2007 1:27:25 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (U.N. = 4th Reich)
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To: TexanByBirth
As near as I can remember, there was no child. It was a sting operation!

I'm sure there were others. These bast*rds are never caught the first time out.

52 posted on 10/05/2007 1:27:47 PM PDT by pgkdan (Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: kitkat

:)


53 posted on 10/05/2007 1:27:58 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Mother of the Bride here, treat me with respect for once, will ya? ;))
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To: buckleyfan
Just curious, what gives you the impression he felt guilty? He actually pleaded not guilty, and he didn't seem to feel so bad about it (mentioned doing it "plenty" of times before) until he was caught. I assume he committed suicide because he knew what was ahead of him - both in the courts, and in prison. It wouldn't be anything pleasant. jmho.
He was going to fry. He even had a myspace for his "hobby".
54 posted on 10/05/2007 1:27:59 PM PDT by ketsu
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To: theDentist

Too close?


55 posted on 10/05/2007 1:28:34 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: theDentist

So was Herman Goering. He had inside help with his suicide.


56 posted on 10/05/2007 1:29:27 PM PDT by LetsRok
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To: ketsu
Trials are as much for the victims as determining the guilt of the perp. By offing himself he prevented his victims from having any real closure.

While he may have victimized someone somewhere, there were no victims in this case. It was a sting. No other victims have been identified.

57 posted on 10/05/2007 1:29:36 PM PDT by BearCub
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To: cgbg

“The man would have been a great US Congressman or Senator.”

Ouch! That’s really below the belt. Didn’t we also have a president who tinkered with a young one in the Oval Office?


58 posted on 10/05/2007 1:30:39 PM PDT by 353FMG (Government is the opiate of the people.)
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To: diverteach

“had been housed in solitary confinement and was under close supervision, the newspaper reported.”

Obviously, not close enough


59 posted on 10/05/2007 1:30:46 PM PDT by nuconvert ("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
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To: PAR35
Not a presidential appointee.

Since the article at kcvl's post 11 above says he had been a prosecutor since the late 80s (Reagan or Bush Sr), I'm wondering how you know this, and can you provide a link?

60 posted on 10/05/2007 1:31:43 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (America: “the most benign hegemon in history.”—Mark Steyn)
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