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<DIV><FONT size=2>Saundra, et al,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Here's the problem with having Parks describe allegedly
what occurred when he murdered his pregnant wife and burned her in an attempt to
conceal the act:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000 size=2><STRONG>How can it be determined that Parks is
telling the truth?</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>First, we know Parks lied to investigating officers in a
futile attempt to give himself an alibi.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Second, he has admitted to a cowardly, brutal, despicable act
of murdering his pregnant wife and setting a fire in an attempt to burn her
remains and destroy evidence. Why would anyone believe anything such a
person says?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Third, even if Parks wanted to tell the truth, he may not be
able to. Repression caused by the horror and depravity of his actions may
have already irreversibly changed his memory about what happened.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Fourth, while it may be true that Sarah was
murdered after a quarrel, her murder may have not happened during
or immediately after a quarrel. It may have been that Sarah/Parks had
a late night quarrel during which Sarah told Parks that she was leaving
him; Parks brooded upon this for sometime and then started strangling
her as she slept. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>There are forensic tests that determine the amount of certain
chemicals in the blood which indicate the state of excitement of a victim at
death -- adrenaline, epinephrine, etc. The level of these chemicals would
be quite different if the strangulation started and progressed as the victim
slept as opposed to the amount of these chemicals in the blood if the
strangulation occurred during a violent quarrel. Where any of these tests
made? What were the results? What would be the most probable
interpretation of the results?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Given that Thompson made this plea agreement, why did he not
require that Parks' statement of what happened be made public at least two weeks
before sentencing? That way: [1] people with information contrary to
that alleged in the statement would have time to come forward, and
[2] Parks' statement could be evaluated in light of all the evidence of all
kinds so far discovered in this case.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>This is another major concern: Judge Brudie was
the judge that put a murderer on probation, not parole, after on seven
months time -- a murderer who shot his unarmed victim multiple times at point
blank range. It is not unreasonable to think that Brudie is either
softheaded, lacks good judgment about the importance to public policy when
sentencing criminals in cases where a life is taken, and/or (most importantly in
the Parks case) gullible.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I hope that the PA conducts a very through,
<STRONG>well-informed</STRONG>, grueling cross examination of Parks on his
statement during the sentencing hearing. I, for one, will be watching and
listening carefully.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>My guess is that Parks at the sentencing hearing will be awash
with well planned histrionics, faux remorse, and crocodile tears in order
to play upon the demonstrated gullibility, etc of the judge.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The PA has already capitulated by stipulating that the two 15
sentences for manslaughter are to be served concurrently. How vigorously
can we expect him to make whatever the sentence is for the arson to be served
after whatever ends up being served for manslaughter? I hope the PA
strongly argues against any considerations of parole being allowed, and the
judge has the wisdom ant courage not to allow the possibility of
parole.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I still don't know if murderer, but free on bail Parks is now
required to wear an electronic monitor. How can we find out?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Wayne A. Fox<BR>1009 Karen Lane<BR>PO Box 9421<BR>Moscow,
ID 83843</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:waf@moscow.com">waf@moscow.com</A><BR>208
882-7975</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=v2020@ssl.fastmail.fm href="mailto:v2020@ssl.fastmail.fm">Saundra
Lund</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=deco@moscow.com
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">'Art Deco'</A> ; <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">'Vision 2020'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=clords@dnews.com
href="mailto:clords@dnews.com">clords@dnews.com</A> ; <A
title=jmills@lmtribune.com
href="mailto:jmills@lmtribune.com">jmills@lmtribune.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:21
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Comments to LMT
story on Parks/Question</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">From
the LMT story:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">“</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">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-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">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>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">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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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Saundra
Lund<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Moscow,
ID<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">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-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">~
Edmund Burke<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">*****
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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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></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>Wayne A. Fox<BR>1009 Karen Lane<BR>PO Box 9421<BR>Moscow,
ID 83843<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><A href="mailto:waf@moscow.com">waf@moscow.com</A><BR>208
882-7975<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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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>
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<P class=MsoNormal><EM>caddyshack says... </EM><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>score: <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal>-28<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 id=reply63333 class=MsoNormal><STRONG>Replies to caddyshack's
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<P class=MsoNormal>FTPinLWS <EM>March 31, 2010 11:03
AM</EM><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>score: <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal>2<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></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><EM>March 31, 2010</EM><I><BR><EM>8:58 am</EM></I>
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<P class=MsoNormal><EM>gwshoes says... </EM><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>score: <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal>22<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 id=reply63339 class=MsoNormal><EM>March 31, 2010</EM><I><BR><EM>9:28
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<P class=MsoNormal><EM>rhondagoforth says... </EM><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>score: <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal>3<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 id=reply63341 class=MsoNormal><EM>March 31, 2010</EM><I><BR><EM>9:43
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<P class=MsoNormal><EM>Cardiff says... </EM><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 id=reply63342 class=MsoNormal><EM>March 31, 2010</EM><I><BR><EM>10:13
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" 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><BR>The judges and lawyers may have a
different slant on this whole thing if one of their family members was
murdered.<BR><BR>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><BR>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><BR>Haven't these ELECTED
JUDGES LEARNED THEIR LESSON BY NOW?<BR><BR>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><BR>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
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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.
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<P class=MsoNormal><EM>March 31, 2010</EM><I><BR><EM>10:25 am</EM></I>
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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.
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<P id=reply63345 class=MsoNormal><EM>March 31, 2010</EM><I><BR><EM>10:49
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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.
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<P id=reply63351 class=MsoNormal><EM>March 31, 2010</EM><I><BR><EM>11:00
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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
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<P>MOSCOW - Sarah Parks' family badly wants to know how she died.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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></DIV>
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