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<DIV><FONT color=#150e00 size=4 face=Calibri>Of course all you write is
true. One would think a defense attorney would make those arguments,
and the cost of a trial, is I suppose, a mitigating factor; but from all
that was known about his history of abuse, and regardless of the ruling
from Judge Brudie, citizens of Latah County should wonder why any
prosecutor, police officer, or other member of the court, would be
"satisfied" that a man who killed his wife may go to prison for that act
for 15 years, and get an additional 25 years for setting fire to the
building in which they lived. If a prison sentence and the
seriousness of the act have any relationship, is it not at least ironic the
taking of her life when she was pregnant with his child, appears to be less
a reason to punish Parks, than his act of arson to their apartment?
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<DIV><FONT color=#150e00 size=4 face=Calibri>One can talk about mitigating
circumstances all they want, but the result of this case would tend to support a
legal contention that wives and children are merely chattel. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#150e00 size=4 face=Calibri>Sue Hovey</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rforce2003@yahoo.com
href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">Ron Force</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 30, 2010 2:09 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] (Vision 2020) Say
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<DIV>With all due consideration to the justifiable outrage, we really don't know
the circumstances of the crime, as the perpetrator was the only witness. A
defense attorney could argue that her death was the result of a domestic
argument, her killing was in a moment of rage (second degree), and his
subsequent actions were done in a panic. The minimum penalty for second
degree homicide is less than the maximum for voluntary manslaughter:<BR><BR>From
the Idaho Code on Criminal Penalties:<BR><PRE> 1. Voluntary--by a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars<BR>($15,000), or by a sentence to the custody of the state board of correction<BR>not exceeding fifteen (15) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.</PRE>If
a jury, or<BR>the court if a jury is waived, does not find a statutory
aggravating<BR>circumstance beyond a reasonable doubt or if the death penalty is
not sought,<BR>the court shall impose a life sentence with a minimum period of
confinement of<BR>not less than ten (10) years during which period of
confinement the offender<BR>shall not be eligible for parole or discharge or
credit or reduction of<BR>sentence for good conduct, except for meritorious
service. Every person guilty<BR>of murder of the second degree is punishable by
imprisonment not less than ten<BR>(10) years and the imprisonment may extend to
life.<BR><BR>By adding the maximum sentences for the lesser crimes, he may serve
more time than if convicted of first degree murder.<BR><BR>The prosecutor has to
balance the likely outcome of a trial with the cost to the county's
budget. If he can get a plea that imposes an equivalent punishment without
the cost of a trial, he may think it a desirable outcome.<BR>Murder trials are
expensive, and the Idaho public, while desirous of harsh justice, does not seem
to wish to tax themselves in a manner to achieve it.<BR><BR>Ron Force<BR>Moscow,
ID USA<BR><BR></DIV>
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