<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dan,<div><br></div><div>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?" </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Wayne</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:20 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" vlink="purple" link="blue" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font face="Arial" size="2">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:</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div>"Sarah Parks' family supports the plea deal, [Thompson] said."</div><div> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Not that it makes it taste any better.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">DC</font></div><blockquote style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; margin-right: 0px; "><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-position: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="donaldrose@cpcinternet.com" href="mailto:donaldrose@cpcinternet.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Rosemary</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="bear@moscow.com" href="mailto:bear@moscow.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'Wayne Price'</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">'Vision 2020'</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, March 30, 2010 4:11 PM</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Vision2020] Say What??????</div><div><br></div><div class="Section1"><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Rose Huskey<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-right-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: initial; padding-right: 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-style: solid; padding-left: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; border-left-width: medium; border-left-style: none; border-left-color: initial; padding-top: 3pt; border-bottom-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: initial; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Wayne Price<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:37 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Vision2020] Say What??????<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div><h2 style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">WOW! We go from a death penalty case to a plea bargain!<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">"Parks pleads guilty to manslaughter<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class="date" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; "><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">March 30, 2010, 3:25 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 3.75pt; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">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. </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br><br><span class="apple-style-span">Parks will face up 40 years in prison, 15 years for the two counts of manslaughter and 25 years for the count of arson.</span><br><br><span class="apple-style-span">He is scheduled for sentencing at 1:30 on June 8.</span><br><br><span class="apple-style-span">For more on this story, check<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.DNews.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.DNews.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and Wednesday's edition of the Daily News."</span><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><p style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">No virus found in this incoming message.<br>Checked by AVG -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.avg.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2779 - Release Date: 03/30/10 06:32:00</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><hr><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.fsr.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.fsr.net</a> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================</blockquote>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.fsr.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================</div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>