[Vision2020] Parks sentencing

[lfalen]

Parks deserves the sentence he got. Would that all murderers received as much. My nephew was killed by two people for $3000 in student aid money he had in the bank. This was premeditated murder. They were sentenced to 10 years and were out in 5. I wish Brudie had been the judge in this case.
Roger
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From: "Rosemary" donaldrose at cpcinternet.com
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:28:03 -0700
To: "'Andreas Schou'" ophite at gmail.com, "'Dan Carscallen'" areaman at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Parks sentencing

> This morning Saundra Lund and I attended the sentencing hearing for Silas
> Parks.  It was an obscene spectacle, thanks in large measure to Silas Parks,
> his family, and The Beaver from Boise -an expert (psychological) witness for
> the defense.  Public Defenders, Chuck Kovis and Ray Barker, deserve praise
> for their professional defense of a whining weenie of a client.  Public
> defense is a difficult, and often unpopular job requiring an enormous
> reservoir of integrity and grit to do it at all let alone as well as Mr.
> Barker and Mr. Kovis.  Mr. and Mrs. Parks, testified that their "brilliant"
> son, was a frustrated student in high school who had headaches, difficulty
> concentrating, and an inability to complete assignments.  His "volcanic
> temper" [his mother's description] complicated his learning. He was a known
> liar (from other testimony) and rationalized and blamed others for his own
> failures.  Nonetheless, both parents are proud to proclaim that he was and
> is a devout and compassionate Christian.  [Editorial note: WTF?????]
> 
>  
> 
> Did I mention how really, really smart Silas was? - his mother did at least
> ten times during her testimony.  Mr. Beaver, and even the prosecutor and
> judge were similarly dazzled by this crapola kid's obviously bent mind.
> Arguably, the most offensive testimony (remember, Silas is so bright that he
> mentored other students in high school) was Mrs. Parks declaration that
> Sarah Parks had her own set of "problems." How dare she blame the victim?
> She mentioned that Mr. Jackass has yet to return Sarah's things to her
> family. He is "processing" them at his own pace.  Mrs. Parks also shared
> with us that she has had some email contact with Sarah's family regarding
> Sarah's personal items and she has found this limited contact "healing" for
> her.  It is my sense that she needed to be on her knees begging forgiveness
> from Sarah's family - that might institute a prelude to a genuine healing.
> 
>  
> 
> I am outraged, no, it is more than outrage, that this sanctimonious
> simpleton is still excusing and justify her feckless, cowardly, spoiled brat
> of a son.  
> 
>  
> 
> Sadly, Mr. Smarty Pants Parks only received a 20 year fixed sentence.
> Despite a lengthy yada yada yada for the cameras, Judge Brudie did not think
> Parks deserved more than 5 years fixed for his arson conviction.  In this
> instance Judge Brudie is sooooo wrong. I am hopeful that the electorate will
> remember Judge Brudie's less than vigorous role in November when he is up
> for re-election.   
> 
>  
> 
> 
> Bill Thompson's summation was adequate, albeit, several months late.  Silas
> Parks is a cold blooded killer and arsonist; a conniving criminal with a
> life-long history of violent temper tantrums whose accommodating and
> enabling parents helped shape the histrionic little jerk who stood before
> the court this morning. Despite years of counseling he has gained limited
> (if any) insight into his behavior, and clearly lacks rudimentary impulse
> control. With a catch in his voice, Silas told the court he plans to
> concentrate on "serving" his fellow inmates in a positive way, and being
> helpful to the staff and administrators of the prison. I'm not thinking that
> this is a recipe for jailhouse success. 
> 
>  
> 
> I've known some really smart people in my life, some of them I liked a lot,
> others not so much. From what I observed today, Silas Parks is a bush
> leaguer in comparison to most of them. The real brains, grace, and courage
> in that court room this morning belonged to the arson investigators, law
> enforcement personnel, Sarah's colleagues who were sitting in front of us,
> and particularly Sarah's mother, sister, and cousin. They are, and should be
> our heroes.  
> 
>  
> 
> Once again, in Latah County it is the same old song and dance. Domestic
> violence is pled down to disturbing the peace, which not surprisingly in
> this instance, culminated in the death of a young women and her daughter.
> We've seen it before in this county, and unless dramatic changes are made in
> the punishment and accountability of domestic violence perpetrators we will
> see it again.   Fifteen years for killing two people... As a lay person, I
> don't give a rats ass that the properly worded charge is voluntary
> manslaughter - this is not the time to toss around legalistic euphemisms.
> Murder was done, and in effect, excused.  Because, by now we all know that
> Silas Parks was smart enough to get away with it.
> 
>  
> 
> Rose Huskey
> 
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> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Andreas Schou
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 2:03 PM
> To: Dan Carscallen
> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Parks sentencing
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>  
> 
> Pretty much exactly what I suspected.
> 
>  
> 
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com> wrote:
> 
> > Heard it from a reliable source that Parks got a fixed sentence of 20, max
> of 40 years
> 
> > 
> 
> > More to follow
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