The year 2023 ends with brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell in very different places in their Habeas Corpus appeals at the Circuit Court in Atlanta. Stewart Parnell, who was permitted to appeal, has exchanged arguments
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Stewart Parnell takes habeas corpus petition to 11th Circuit Court in Atlanta
It’s been a long haul, but Tuesday’s one-time peanut executive petitioned to vacate his conviction and sentence before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta.
Parnell was the top executive at…
Continue Reading Stewart Parnell takes habeas corpus petition to 11th Circuit Court in AtlantaThree additional witnesses sought by Stewart Parnell for next week’s hearing
Three additional witnesses will likely testify at Stewart Parnell’s hearing next Monday to vacate his convictions and sentencing related to multiple federal felonies stemming from a deadly 2008 Salmonella outbreak.
The requested additional witnesses are:…
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Hearings set on motions to vacate convictions and sentences of Parnell brothers in deadly Salmonella outbreak
Brothers Stewart Parnell, 66, and Michael Parnell, 62, have, respectively, another 18 and 11 years to serve in federal prisons for their 2014 jury convictions involving Peanut Corporation of America (PCA).
But with so-called “2255”…
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Attorneys are already skirmishing over Parnell Feb. 24 hearing rules
More than two months ahead of the evidentiary hearing over Stewart Parnell’s motion to vacate his conviction and sentence, his appellate attorneys and the government are disputing the ground rules.
The government on Dec. 7…
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Only the Parnell brothers remain in prison for PCA crimes as Kilgore walks
Daniel W. Kilgore, 52, will be home for Christmas. He might even be there for Thanksgiving. Kilgore is already out of federal prison. He’s at a half-way house run by the Residential Re-entry Management (RRM)…
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Letter From The Editor: Truth is, Blue Bell sure made lot’s of news for case about concealment
Opinion
Not since the defunct Peanut Corporation of America’s CEO Stewart Parnell was convicted six years ago has an American food industry executive been in as much possible criminal jeopardy as former Blue Bell Creamery …
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PCA peanut broker may still get Supreme Court review; no options left for manager
Oddsmakers say it is easier to get into Harvard Unversity than to get the U.S. Supreme Court to grant a petition for Writ of Certiorari.
For Mary Wilkerson, who once held the title of quality…
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Stewart Parnell gets 15 minutes of fame on ‘American Greed’
Federal inmate Stewart Parnell, the former chief executive and part owner of the now defunct Peanut Corporation of America, is the featured subject of a new episode of CNBC’s “American Greed.” The episode premieres at…
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When food safety crisis hit, Perdue had to prepare for next one
This century’s most deadly outbreak of foodborne illness came out of the state of Georgia while secretary of…
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