[Vision2020] Say What??????

[Dan Carscallen]

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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