Martin (Marty) Peterson was the Idaho State Budget Director with a long history in Republican political circles, working for Senator Frank Church, Governors Andrus and Evans. That may be why he got 90 days in jail and a ten-year suspended sentence despite pleading guilty to two counts of possessing child sexual abuse material. He admitted to looking at images of children ages 10 to 12 being sexually abused and tortured for years.
Even though he got no prison time, he still complained that he would have to move since his home was next to a school. When sentenced he apologized to his family and friends, but not the children who were abused so he could look at the images.
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Boise, Idaho · Thursday, January 09, 2020