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<p class=MsoPlainText>This morning Saundra Lund and I attended the sentencing
hearing for Silas Parks. It was an obscene spectacle, thanks in large measure
to Silas Parks, his family, and The Beaver from Boise -an expert (psychological)
witness for the defense. Public Defenders, Chuck Kovis and Ray Barker, deserve
praise for their professional defense of a whining weenie of a client. Public
defense is a difficult, and often unpopular job requiring an enormous reservoir
of integrity and grit to do it at all let alone as well as Mr. Barker and Mr.
Kovis. Mr. and Mrs. Parks, testified that their "brilliant" son, was
a frustrated student in high school who had headaches, difficulty
concentrating, and an inability to complete assignments. His "volcanic
temper" [his mother's description] complicated his learning. He was a
known liar (from other testimony) and rationalized and blamed others for his own
failures. Nonetheless, both parents are proud to proclaim that he was and is a
devout and compassionate Christian. [Editorial note: WTF?????]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Did I mention how really, really smart Silas was? - his
mother did at least ten times during her testimony. Mr. Beaver, and even the
prosecutor and judge were similarly dazzled by this crapola kid's obviously
bent mind. Arguably, the most offensive testimony (remember, Silas is so bright
that he mentored other students in high school) was Mrs. Parks declaration that
Sarah Parks had her own set of "problems." How dare she blame the
victim? She mentioned that Mr. Jackass has yet to return Sarah's things to her
family. He is "processing" them at his own pace. Mrs. Parks also shared
with us that she has had some email contact with Sarah's family regarding Sarah's
personal items and she has found this limited contact "healing" for
her. It is my sense that she needed to be on her knees begging forgiveness from
Sarah's family - that might institute a prelude to a genuine healing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>I am outraged, no, it is more than outrage, that this sanctimonious
simpleton is still excusing and justify her feckless, cowardly, spoiled brat of
a son. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Sadly, Mr. Smarty Pants Parks only received a 20 year
fixed sentence. Despite a lengthy yada yada yada for the cameras, Judge Brudie
did not think Parks deserved more than 5 years fixed for his arson conviction.
In this instance Judge Brudie is sooooo wrong. I am hopeful that the electorate
will remember Judge Brudie's less than vigorous role in November when he is up
for re-election. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Bill Thompson's summation was adequate, albeit, several
months late. Silas Parks is a cold blooded killer and arsonist; a conniving
criminal with a life-long history of violent temper tantrums whose accommodating
and enabling parents helped shape the histrionic little jerk who stood before
the court this morning. Despite years of counseling he has gained limited (if
any) insight into his behavior, and clearly lacks rudimentary impulse control.
With a catch in his voice, Silas told the court he plans to concentrate on
"serving" his fellow inmates in a positive way, and being helpful to
the staff and administrators of the prison. I'm not thinking that this is a
recipe for jailhouse success. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>I've known some really smart people in my life, some of
them I liked a lot, others not so much. From what I observed today, Silas Parks
is a bush leaguer in comparison to most of them. The real brains, grace, and
courage in that court room this morning belonged to the arson investigators,
law enforcement personnel, Sarah's colleagues who were sitting in front of us, and
particularly Sarah's mother, sister, and cousin. They are, and should be our
heroes. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Once again, in Latah County it is the same old song and
dance. Domestic violence is pled down to disturbing the peace, which not
surprisingly in this instance, culminated in the death of a young women and her
daughter. We've seen it before in this county, and unless dramatic changes are
made in the punishment and accountability of domestic violence perpetrators we
will see it again. Fifteen years for killing two people... As a lay person, I
don't give a rats ass that the properly worded charge is voluntary manslaughter
- this is not the time to toss around legalistic euphemisms. Murder was done,
and in effect, excused. Because, by now we all know that Silas Parks was smart
enough to get away with it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Rose Huskey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] On
Behalf Of Andreas Schou<br>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 2:03 PM<br>
To: Dan Carscallen<br>
Cc: vision2020@moscow.com<br>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Parks sentencing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Pretty much exactly what I suspected.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Dan Carscallen
<areaman@moscow.com> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> Heard it from a reliable source that Parks got a
fixed sentence of 20, max of 40 years<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> More to follow<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p>
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