[Vision2020] Say What??????

[Wayne Price]

Dan,

While I agree with you on the expenses of a full blown 1st Degree  
murder trial, I have to ask,  "Is  'justice'  in Latah county now a  
matter of money?"


Wayne







On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Dan Carscallen wrote:

> I can understand the feelings about this, as I have them too.   
> Remember, our volunteer firefighters found Sarah Parks, and it's  
> still a big deal to us.  But, from the Trib:
>
> "Sarah Parks' family supports the plea deal, [Thompson] said."
>
> so there's that . . . but, like Wayne Fox, I'm not sure the death  
> penalty should have been taken off the table so early on.  Then  
> again, I'm not a lawyer.  And, looking at it with the cold,  
> unemotional eye of economics, this is a helluva lot cheaper than  
> going to a full capital murder trial.
>
> Not that it makes it taste any better.
>
> DC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rosemary
> To: 'Wayne Price' ; 'Vision 2020'
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What??????
>
> This is unbelievable on many levels.  Why in the world did Bill  
> Thompson agree/negotiate to this plea bargain?  What was his  
> reasoning?  The electorate should demand and explanation from him  
> for this decision.  Why is arson, a property crime, treated in a  
> more punitive manner than murder?  And please, don’t parse words and  
> legal terminology about the difference between murder and  
> manslaughter.  Dead is dead, and the actions of Silas Parks were  
> deliberate and intentional as the initial charge indicated.    This  
> is a sickening miscarriage of justice and an embarrassment to Latah  
> County.
> Rose Huskey
>
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com 
> ] On Behalf Of Wayne Price
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:37 PM
> To: Vision 2020
> Subject: [Vision2020] Say What??????
>
>
>
> WOW!  We go from a death penalty case to a plea bargain!
>
>
>
> "Parks pleads guilty to manslaughter
>
> March 30, 2010, 3:25 pm
>
> Silas Parks, 26, pleaded guilty today to two counts of voluntary  
> manslaughter and one count of first degree arson stemming from the  
> June 24 deaths of his wife, Sarah Parks, and their unborn child.
>
> Parks will face up 40 years in prison, 15 years for the two counts  
> of manslaughter and 25 years for the count of arson.
>
> He is scheduled for sentencing at 1:30 on June 8.
>
> For more on this story, check www.DNews.com and Wednesday's edition  
> of the Daily News."
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