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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 09/20/2007 : 20:14:05
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John David R. Atchison, a Florida Assistant US Attorney, had been arrested Sunday in an Internet pedophilia sting operation, after allegedly trying to arrange having sex with a five-year-old girl through the girl's supposed mother.
Atchison attempted to hang himself in his cell, but was stopped in time, after another inmate called for guards:DETROIT - A federal prosecutor from Florida who authorities say flew to Michigan for a sexual encounter with a 5-year-old girl tried to hang himself in his jail cell Thursday but was stopped in time, the sheriff said.
John D.R. Atchison, 53, used a sheet in an attempted hanging around 4 a.m., said Sanilac County Sheriff Virgil Strickler.
Another inmate yelled out to jailers, who kept Atchison from hurting himself, Strickler said |
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
Edited by - HalfMooner on 09/20/2007 20:16:30
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JEROME DA GNOME
BANNED
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Posted - 09/20/2007 : 20:23:08 [Permalink]
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I didn't vote for him!
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 09/20/2007 : 22:06:14 [Permalink]
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Why do these guys never try to hang themselves before trying to hurt any children? It's only ever after they get caught and can't face the music. Fucking cowards.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 10/06/2007 : 01:05:19 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Someone guard's head will roll for that one, as Atchison was probably on suicide watch.
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He sure should have been watched. After he already hanged himself unsuccessfully. Sounds like some guard was taking a nap.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 10/06/2007 : 05:04:12 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Originally posted by Dave W.
Someone guard's head will roll for that one, as Atchison was probably on suicide watch.
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He sure should have been watched. After he already hanged himself unsuccessfully. Sounds like some guard was taking a nap.
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From the article:
| He was arrested Sunday and was initially placed on a suicide watch, but the watch was lifted at the request of the defense, after Atchison assured a U.S. magistrate Tuesday he wouldn't harm himself. |
I find this ridiculous! |
by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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Mycroft
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 10/08/2007 : 10:14:59 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
John David R. Atchison, a Florida Assistant US Attorney, had been arrested Sunday in an Internet pedophilia sting operation, after allegedly trying to arrange having sex with a five-year-old girl through the girl's supposed mother. |
As disgusting as pedophilia is, I'm also a little uncomfortable with these kinds of entrapment methods used in law enforcement.
Am I the only one who feels that way? |
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leoofno
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 10/08/2007 : 10:54:26 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Mycroft
Originally posted by HalfMooner
John David R. Atchison, a Florida Assistant US Attorney, had been arrested Sunday in an Internet pedophilia sting operation, after allegedly trying to arrange having sex with a five-year-old girl through the girl's supposed mother. |
As disgusting as pedophilia is, I'm also a little uncomfortable with these kinds of entrapment methods used in law enforcement.
Am I the only one who feels that way?
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Depends on how its done. Entrapment to me is when you get someone to do something they ordinarily wouldn't do. I can't see how that would apply in this case. Was he not already on the prowl? Did the police use "undue encouragement" to get him to fly to Detroit?
I'll admit, though, that I don't know where exactly the boundry is between "sting" and "entrapment". |
"If you're not terrified, you're not paying attention." Eric Alterman
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Latest accused GOP sex criminal tries suicide
