<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Just a minor point, but there is no such thing as pleading "innocent".<div>The Constitution of the United States SAYS he IS innocent until proven guilty.</div><div>That hasn't been proven yet.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 28, 2009, at 2:54 PM, Dan Carscallen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; "><font size="2" color="maroon" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: maroon; ">From the Daily News:</span></font></div><h2 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt; ">Silas Parks pleads not guilty to first degree murder, arson</span></font></b></h2><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; "><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">Silas Parks pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson in connection with the deaths of his wife, Sarah J. Parks, 28, and the couple’s unborn child this afternoon.<br><br>Sarah Parks, 28, was found in the couple’s burned-out duplex at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font>904 Vandal Drive on June 24.<br>The trial is scheduled to begin March 22 with a pretrial conference scheduled for 2 p.m. Feb. 8.<br><br>Each first-degree murder charge carries the possibility of life in prison or death, and a fine of up to $50,000. The arson charge carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.<br><br>The 30-minute arraignment took place before a crowd of less than 20 people at the Latah County Courthouse. District Court Judge John Stegner explained to charges to Parks as well as his rights.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Parks remained stoic throughout, only nodding slightly to acknowledge Stegner’s explanation. Parks’ attorney Ray Barker entered the official “not guilty” plea with Parks’ only confirming with a quiet “yes” upon Stegner’s confirmation that he understood the plea.<br><br><font size="2" color="maroon" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: maroon; "> </span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; "><font size="2" color="maroon" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: maroon; ">From the Trib:</span></font></div><h2 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 18pt; ">Parks pleads innocent to murder; trial date set for March 22</span></font></b></h2><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; "><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">MOSCOW</span></font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- A March 22 trial date has been set in the Silas B. Parks murder case.<br><br>Parks, 25, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson in connection with the June 24 suffocation death of his 28-year-old wife, Sarah Parks, and her unborn daughter, according to court records.<br><br>Silas Parks pleaded innocent to all charges at an arraignment today at the Latah County Courthouse before 2nd District Judge John R. Stegner of Moscow. Parks remains in the Latah County Jail on no bond. 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