[Vision2020] Silas Parks Bail Conditions

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Does anyone know if Latah County has the ability to electronically monitor those on bail?

In the article below from the Daily News, no mention is made of Silas Parks being electronically monitored.

Parks is alleged to have strangled his wife unto death, starting when she was asleep.  I am not sure that this kind of capital crime should be eligible for bail, but if it is then this situation seems to call for mandatory electronic monitoring.

At this time there are no other suspects, Parks has had a very troubling history of violence towards his wife, and has acted according to acquaintances "out of character."  Since Parks has acted out of character once, there seems to be some probability that he would again by choosing to disappear.  Since he allegedly has murdered once (and in a very cowardly way), there is some probability that he may murder again to keep his freedom.

So here are the questions:

Can Latah County electronically monitor those on bail, probation, or parole, if needed?  If not, shouldn't we be trying to acquire this ability?

If Latah County can electronically monitor, why isn't Parks being monitored?

Also, I am not familiar with the requirements that must be met to make a murderer eligible for the death penalty, but if this case (strangling a sleeping person or premeditated strangling) does not meet those requirements, then the law needs to be changed so that it does in my opinion.

Wayne A. Fox
1009 Karen Lane
PO Box 9421
Moscow, ID  83843

waf at moscow.com
208 882-7975

Parks makes bail with family help
Father, uncle post property bonds to meet $200,000 needed
Staff report

Posted on: Saturday, January 02, 2010

A Moscow man facing two charges of first-degree murder and one charge of first-degree arson in connection with the deaths of his wife and unborn daughter was released from the Latah County Jail after bond was posted on his behalf Thursday.

Second District Judge Jeff Brudie set Silas Parks' bail amount at $200,000 in a written statement released Dec. 24. Property bonds were posted Thursday by Parks' father, Donald Parks, at $154,149, and by his uncle, Robert D. Parks, at $247,751, according to the Idaho State Judiciary's online repository.

Under the conditions of the bond agreement, Parks is required to reside at his parents' farm outside Kendrick, must turn over his passport and must report to the Latah County Sheriff's office at 10 a.m. every Monday and Friday until his trial's completion. He also cannot travel out of the Second Judicial District, which includes Latah, Clearwater, Idaho, Lewis and Nez Perce counties, and he cannot possess or consume alcohol.

Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson in October declined to seek the death penalty in the case, making Parks eligible for bail.

Parks' trial is scheduled to begin March 22. Each first-degree murder charge carries the possibility of life in prison and a fine of up to $50,000, and the arson charge carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.

His wife, Sarah Parks, 28, was found dead in the couple's burned-out duplex on June 24. An autopsy determined she and the fetus died of strangulation or suffocation prior to the fire.

Defense attorney Ray Barker confirmed Friday that Parks' father and uncle posted the property bonds, but he declined further comment.
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