Pedophile In Jail

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Under the Freedom of Information Act, Ferguson had requested photographs of his victims (Mako, 2015). This deemed to be a very troubling suggestion to the courts. While in jail, Ferguson refused to take part in any programs that could have provided help for his psychological damage that may have started when he was himself exposure to this type of behavior as young boy. When released from jail, after his 14-year sentence a huge disturbance with Peter Dutton MP, former detective in the sexual offences squad and the State Attorney General, Rod Welford about keeping the pedophile in jail. The State Attorney had the ability to enforce the Department of Public Prosecutions capability, and keep Ferguson in prison on the evidence of not being appropriately

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