Brothers Stewart and Micheal Parnell are the most reviled characters from one of food safety’s worst tragedies, and they’ve been trying for an early release from prison going into their sixth year.
Stewart, 70, and Michael, 65, seemed close to getting a decision Sept. 26, 2024, when the U.S. Court
Continue Reading Parnell brothers begin the sixth year of seeking early release
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 the now-defunct Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) when in 2008-09, its peanut processing plant in
Continue Reading Stewart Parnell takes habeas corpus petition to 11th Circuit Court in Atlanta
A decade after his indictment and a year after United States Magistrate Judge Thomas Q. Langstaff denied his petition for early release, one-time peanut butter mogul Stewart Parnell still has one more card to play.
Parnell, 68, has 15 years to run on his sentence imposed after a 2014 jury
Continue Reading Stewart Parnell looks for better Habeas in Atlanta than he just had in Mid-Georgia
Attorneys for brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell had no trouble finding errors in a magistrate judge’s recommendations that would deny their 28 U.S.C. §2255 motions.
Federal inmates may challenge their convictions, obtain sentence reductions, or be freed from prison altogether through 2255 motions. Both of the Parnells’ convictions were related
Continue Reading Attorneys for Parnell brothers file responses to keep their 2255 Motions alive
U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Q. Langstaff has ordered Stewart Parnell returned to the C.B. King Federal Courthouse in Albany, GA, on Feb. 24, 2021, for a hearing that could lead to freedom for the former peanut executive.
Parnell was sentenced in 2015 to a 28-year prison term, which he
Continue Reading ‘Ineffective trial counsel’ gets Stewart Parnell the hearing that could set him free
