Davis "Skip" Mallory?

Mallory, 61, of Johnston City, had already entered an open plea of guilty to charges accusing him of sexually abusing a 16-year-old Johnston City girl. The charges of abuse, which occurred in March and April of this year, each carried a potential sentence of three to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Inexplicably, Eckiss threw caution to the wind and sentenced Mallory to 48 months probation. And keep in mind this was not a plea agreement between the state and Mallory's attorney.

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THUMBS DOWN ... to Davis "Skip" Mallory, who was arrested after apparently violating conditions of his probation on charges of sexually abusing a minor. Mallory is said to have attended a Little League game, even though it is a condition of his probation that he is banned from events with young children. It's hard to feel anything but disgust for someone who blows a second chance under those circumstances. Many people in the community were dismayed with the seemingly light sentence Mallory received in Williamson County after the former firefighter was found guilty of abusing a 16-year-old girl. Breaking probation on such a highly publicized case lends weight to the "I told you so" attitude many people feel about sex offenders - that they can't be rehabilitated.