[Vision2020] Say What??????

[Dan Carscallen]

Wayne, 

 

We're on the same side here.  Not being the judge, nor having attended any
of the deliberations up to this point, I can't really speak to what went
down and why.

 

But I do know what my opinion is regarding someone who (now admittedly)
killed his wife and unborn child then burned them to try and hide the crime,
then gets to go live at his parents' house while out on bail, even now while
he awaits sentencing.  I don't think there are enough expletives to fully
articulate it at the moment.

 

DC

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Price [mailto:bear at moscow.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 6:27 PM
To: Dan Carscallen
Cc: 'Vision 2020'
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What??????

 

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 <mailto:donaldrose at cpcinternet.com> 

To: 'Wayne Price' <mailto:bear at moscow.com>  ; 'Vision 2020'
<mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com> 

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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