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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>From the LMT story:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>“</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thompson said facts uncovered in the investigation
support a charge of voluntary manslaughter because Silas Parks apparently acted
after a sudden quarrel or in the heat of passion. That is also consistent with
past instances of domestic violence between the couple that form a pattern,
including one in 2006 where Silas Parks shoved Sarah Parks to the ground, he
said.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>It is nothing more than a GROSS MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE when the
fact that a man has an established <b>history</b> of abusing his wife is used
by <b>any</b> prosecutor to justify voluntary manslaughter rather than murder
charges.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>To me, the very fact that this murdering monster had a history
of abusing his wife makes any “sudden quarrel or heat of passion”
argument a mockery of justice in Latah County.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good
people to do nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>~ Edmund Burke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2010
through life plus 70 years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy, forward, excerpt,
or reproduce outside the Vision 2020 forum without the express written
permission of the author.*****<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Art Deco<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 31, 2010 4:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Vision 2020<br>
<b>Cc:</b> clords@dnews.com; jmills@lmtribune.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Comments to LMT story on Parks/Question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Comments to <em>LMT</em>
story on Parks. Story below. Also, does anyone know if Parks now
has to wear an electronic monitor?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Wayne A. Fox<br>
1009 Karen Lane<br>
PO Box 9421<br>
Moscow, ID 83843<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:waf@moscow.com">waf@moscow.com</a><br>
208 882-7975<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3>Discussion<o:p></o:p></h3>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em>March 31, 2010</em><i><br>
<em>7:21 am</em></i> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p id=comment63333>Why does a man get 40 years in prison for killing his wife
and UNBORN child and abortion doctors get nothing? Seems like a double
standard. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>FTPinLWS <em>March 31, 2010 11:03 AM</em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p id=comment63354>Why does an idiot seek to impose his or her
religious/political beliefs at a<br>
time when he or she should be offering condolences and support? Tough questions<br>
indeed. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em>March 31, 2010</em><i><br>
<em>8:58 am</em></i> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p id=comment63339>Excuse me.... why is he free on bond? he admitted to killing
two people and setting them on fire, and he is free on bond? I don't get it. so
what if he is on house arrest, he still can breath fresh air unlike his wife
and unborn child. Good grief what is wrong with this picture? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal id=reply63339><em>March 31, 2010</em><i><br>
<em>9:28 am</em></i> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p id=comment63341>More then just that is wrong with this picture! What is
wrong with those parents? I am sorry but I have children and would rather see
there killer rot in prison for the rest of his life then get a few minutes of
grusome details on how he killed my beloved child!!! Why would you chose detail
over justice.Who am I to say what I would do, my children are living. I would
hope that for me commen sense would over rule my passion to find some sort of
reasoning with what happened. My heart goes out to her parents along with an
apology from me and all of the others who have or will judge them on their
decision. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal id=reply63341><em>March 31, 2010</em><i><br>
<em>9:43 am</em></i> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p id=comment63342>I think he needs a bullet to the head and just end this but
that isn't going to happen. On the flip side of the coin, because he is
pleading guilty, I do believe he does not get any appeals so the State of Idaho
won't have to retry him. Has anyone noticed that the State of Idaho is having
to re-try a large amount of murderers because of appeals. Why is that? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal id=reply63342><em>March 31, 2010</em><i><br>
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt' id=comment63343>This is outrageous.Taking a
plea agreement so as not to get the death penalty. Did the Mother and unborn
child have the choice to live or die? No. He not only killed 2 people he burnt
them up to cover up his crime.<br>
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The judges and lawyers may have a different slant on this whole thing if one of
their family members was murdered.<br>
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And to be out on bond is unacceptable. He plead guilty and should never gotten
out on bond in the first place let alone now that he is guilty to continue to
enjoy his freedom which his wife and child did not get to do because he
murdered them in cold blood.<br>
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Even though he had not absconded while out on bond he has nothing to lose by
fleeing now. Remember the guy that ran to Ireland while out on bond.<br>
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Haven't these ELECTED JUDGES LEARNED THEIR LESSON BY NOW?<br>
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This piece of crap had better learn to manage his anger problem in the joint as
if not he will continually get beat down by inmates just like him that have
nothing to loose either. 30 days in the hole is nothing to these guys.<br>
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I hope he has to sleep with one eye open for the rest of his sorry life.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>mg2000 <em>March 31, 2010 12:12 PM</em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p id=comment63370>Unfortunately the prosecutors had already decided to not go
for the death <br>
penalty BEFORE he enterred into the plea agreement, which is why he <br>
qualified for bond - not sure why that is - regarless if you are looking at <br>
life or death, you should have to remain in jail until your tried - I would <br>
think the temptation to flee would be the same? I also find it <br>
unacceptable that he gets to stay out on bond while awaiting <br>
sentencing! What's the point? He's gonna have to serve time (although <br>
he's getting off mighty easy for killing 2 people) so why didn't he have to <br>
go back in immediately? I don't understand why you get to remain free <br>
(oh sorry, on house arrest) until your sentencing? Plus, he's probably <br>
gonna get credit for the time he served under house arrest. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em>March 31, 2010</em><i><br>
<em>10:25 am</em></i> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p id=comment63345>I am VERY disappointed in the prosecutor's office and the
entire judicial system in Latah County. What a shame!! This man killed two
people and is getting treated with kid gloves. He deserves nothing less than
life in prison. Judge Brudie - please - sentence him to the maximum of 40 years
with NO parole. Do it for not only Sarah, but for her unborn baby. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal id=reply63345><em>March 31, 2010</em><i><br>
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<p id=comment63351>Gee, I don't remember Shakleford running around in 4
county's after he murdered and burnt 2 people. What's the deal with that crap. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal id=reply63351><em>March 31, 2010</em><i><br>
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<p id=comment63353>IMHO, the ONLY people who can define what justice is, are
those who know and love Sarah. We can sit here and judge all we want, and God
forbid any of you will ever have to really know what you would do in this
situation. There is no real justice when an act of violence takes from you that
which cannot be replaced. I, unfortunately, understand this. And I truly hope
none of you ever reach that understanding. Please consider just letting the
friends and family of Sarah cope and grieve in a manner that works for them. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2>Silas Parks takes plea deal<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>He pleads guilty to
arson and manslaughter instead of murder in death of his pregnant wife in
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<p>MOSCOW - Sarah Parks' family badly wants to know how she died. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>With that in mind, they are supporting a plea agreement that will send her
husband Silas Parks to prison for a maximum of 40 years, Latah County Prosecutor
William Thompson Jr. said. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>"I think at this point, in addition to wanting to be assured that an
appropriate punishment is handed down, they also want to know exactly what
happened," Thompson said. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Silas Parks pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon to two counts of voluntary
manslaughter and one count of first-degree arson in connection with the death
last year of his pregnant wife, Sarah Parks, a third-grade teacher at Moscow
Charter School. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Silas Parks, 26, was initially charged with two counts of first-degree
murder and the arson count. But a plea deal negotiated with the Latah County
Prosecutor's Office reduced the murder charges. It also stipulated that as part
of a presentence investigation, Silas Parks will describe in detail how he
killed Sarah Parks and then set fire to their Moscow duplex. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The results of that investigation won't be made public, but will be
discussed at sentencing, Thompson said. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Second District Judge Jeff Brudie set sentencing for June 8. Parks faces up
to 15 years for each of the voluntary manslaughter convictions. As per terms of
the plea agreement, those sentences will be served concurrently. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Silas Parks faces up to 25 years for the arson conviction. Brudie will
decide whether Parks serves that sentence concurrently, or after he finishes
the manslaughter sentence. The judge will also have full discretion on how many
years of each sentence will be fixed, with no possibility of parole. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The prosecution will recommend a total sentence near the overall maximum of 40
years on all the charges, Thompson said. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The manslaughter pleas state that Silas Parks killed Sarah Parks and her
unborn daughter Lilly Ann Parks on June 24, 2009, without malice and "upon
a sudden quarrel or in the heat of passion," according to court documents.
The method of death was suffocation or strangulation. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The arson plea states that Silas Parks deliberately set fire to the couple's
home at 904 Vandal Drive. The fire was presumably set to cover up the crimes,
according to police reports. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Silas Parks will remain free on bond while he awaits sentencing, but will be
under house arrest at his parents' Kendrick property. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Thompson said facts uncovered in the investigation support a charge of
voluntary manslaughter because Silas Parks apparently acted after a sudden
quarrel or in the heat of passion. That is also consistent with past instances
of domestic violence between the couple that form a pattern, including one in
2006 where Silas Parks shoved Sarah Parks to the ground, he said. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>He was initially charged with domestic battery in that incident, but later
pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The couple underwent ongoing counseling, Thompson said. But very few people
were really aware of their troubled relationship. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>"A lot of people who were friends and family acquaintances did not know
everything that was going on," Thompson said. "The investigation
indicates that Sarah wanted to keep her life private, and look at the best
parts of life." <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Sarah Parks' mother Laura Allen listened to Tuesday's plea hearing by
telephone from her home in Mexia, Ala. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>She and other family members will have a right to address Silas Parks at his
sentencing hearing. <o:p></o:p></p>
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