Child Porn Collector Sentenced To 1000 Years Is Out On Parole

A 72-year-old man sentenced to 1,000 years in prison for the possession of a massive collection of child abuse images has been granted parole in Georgia.

Peter Mallory was allowed to seek parole in late 2019, six years after he was found guilty of at least 60 counts of sexual exploitation of children. He was also found guilty of invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence.

In 2012, investigators found more than 25,000 files containing child pornography in his possession. The evidence showed that he intentionally sought out, downloaded, and saved images and videos of children getting tortured and raped.

Mallory had also placed a hidden camera and was recording young women in the workplace.

According to La Grange Daily News, the court of appeals ruled that the sentence was proportionate to his crimes. District Attorney Herb Cranford's office said at the time that they pursued child pornography as aggressively as they did child molestation.

Sentencing him to 1,000 years in prison in 2013, the judge called him the most prolific collector of child pornography.

According to the New York Daily News, evidence presented during his trial showed that he had taped young women in his office using a desk camera. A couple of his victims have opposed the move to set him free.

The State Board of Pardons granted Mallory parole on May 27, despite opposition from Cranford, who was frustrated that he could not keep the convict behind bars.

Cranford said the conviction did not allow for a sentence without an option for parole. The parole board decided that the child porn enthusiast had served sufficient time, considering the performance incentive credits.

New York Daily News Indicated Cranford did recommend that the parole board keep Mallory in prison, during the review in December 2019. He wrote to the board that Mallory may go back to preying on children despite being supervised by the court, registered as a sex offender or having to wear an ankle bracelet.

Cranford added there was little supervision available in the digital age that could stop a compulsive sexual deviant like Mallory from searching for the worst images of children being sexually abused.

A member of the parole board said they were confident that the Georgia Department of Community Supervision would closely supervise Mallory.