by Little Baby Ginn
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Prosecutor Accused In Sex Sting Kills Himself
From Local6 News:
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.
This story is appalling on several levels.
First of all, note that this man, John Atchison, was never put on trial nor convicted of being a sexual predator. He committed suicide so his status at this time is “alleged” sexual predator.
Whoever wrote this news story decided to describe the potential molestation, assault and/or rape of a five year girl as “having sex.”
The headline, “prosecutor accused in ‘sex sting’ is interesting too. The molestation and/or rape of a five year old child is not “sex” so in my opinion the headline should of read “Prosecutor Accused in Possible Sexual Predator Sting”.
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.
Atchison had been communicating with an undercover sheriff's detective from Macomb County, Mich., who was posing online as the fictitious girl's mother and arranged for him to have sex with the child, police said.
He was arrested carrying presents for her, including a doll and earrings, and sexual materials, officials said.
"There were no red flags. He was normal.”
“He was normal.” And if these allegations are proven to be true then people need to realize that the perpetrators of these types of crimes are not always the “bushy haired” stranger or the creepy guy living in his parents basement. Some of these predators hold down decent jobs, are married, look and seem very presentable and very respectable. They also seem to fit a pattern of hanging around kids in some capacity.
There is also the issue of whether Atchison in his duties as a prosecutor might have been lenient in bringing charges against any “fellow” sex offenders. Of course he may decided to play it cool and follow the law. Who knows what types of crimes Atchison was charged with prosecuting; hopefully they were of a different nature than that of sexual predators. But at this juncture Atchison was“alleged” to have committed these crimes. He was never tried nor convicted. There is no issue in this case of being “falsely” accused. The man is now dead by his own hand. Hopefully the truth will come out.
Atchison was charged with three felonies, the most serious of which is crossing state lines with intent to have sex with someone under 12. Conviction carries a minimum 30-year prison sentence and a maximum of life.
“Intent to have ‘sex’ with someone under 12?” The word, “sex,” is highly inappropriate in the matter of molesting a five year old child? Some would argue that this is matter of semantics. Others would disagree. Each word has a distinct meaning.
Which sentence do you think holds more weight? “The most serious of which is crossing state lines with intent to have sex with someone under 12?” “The most serious of which is crossing state lines with intent to molest and/or rape someone under age 12?
Someone who goes after children is a sexual predator they are not someone who is “going to have sex” because the other person, the child, is an unwilling victim. The crime committed is heinous and leaves lifelong scars. Why is this being sugarcoated in the guise of “having sex?”
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