Randy Napier and Jeff Almer, whose mothers were among nine fatalities of the Salmonella outbreak linked to Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) products, have written to U.S. District Court Judge W. Louis Sands to suggest that $500,000 in restitution be imposed on the PCA criminal defendants and the proceeds split
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Judge Sands Clears the Decks for Monday’s Sentencing in PCA Case
Before he left for the weekend, U.S. District Court Judge W. Louis Sands did his own calculations for the maximum prison sentences that he may impose on three Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) defendants come Monday morning. Here’s where he came down:
- For Stewart Parnell, former chief executive officer of
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Michael Parnell’s Attorney Paints Him as the ‘Little Guy’ in the PCA Case
It’s long been known that government prosecutors would be going for lengthy prison terms if they gained convictions in the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal indictment. When they went after former CEO Stewart Parnell’s passport, they tallied up the maximum sentences he would be facing if convicted on all
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Stewart Parnell Joins Wilkerson’s Motion for Dismissal in PCA Case
With less than two weeks to go until sentencing, Stewart Parnell has joined Mary Wilkerson in asking to have the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal case dismissed. Dismissal and new trial motions have all been denied since the jury verdicts were issued nearly a year ago. Meanwhile, U.S. District
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Harsher Sentences Remain Possible in PCA Criminal Case
Harsher sentences could be imposed in three weeks if the trial judge in the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal case decides that the defendants were conscious, or accepting, of reckless risk of death or bodily injury in committing the crimes they stand convicted of by a jury. U.S. District
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Government Wants PCA Victims to Testify at Sept. 21 Sentencing
The federal government “intends to put on live victim’s testimony and to refer to victim impact statements” next month when defendants in the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal case are sentenced in federal court in Albany, GA. “This evidence will make plain the severe hardships that the victims of
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U.S. Probation Office: Stewart Parnell Should Spend the Rest of His Life in Prison
Stewart Parnell should be sentenced to life in prison, Michael Parnell to 17.5-21.8 years in prison, and Mary Wilkerson to 8-10 years in prison, according to recommendations from the U.S. Probation Office. U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys say those recommendations have been “correctly calculated.” 
Speaking for Stewart Parnell’s defense
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Federal Judge to Sentence Parnell Brothers and Wilkerson on Sept. 21
One year and two days after a federal jury found them guilty, three defendants associated with the most deadly and expensive foodborne disease outbreak to occur so far this century will be sentenced in a courtroom in Albany, GA. U.S. District Court Judge W. Louis Sands, who has presided
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Judge Admonishes Stewart Parnell’s Mother for Outburst
ALBANY, GA—Stewart Parnell’s mother decided to use a courtroom break on Thursday to verbally confront a female FBI agent coming out of a stall in the women’s bathroom on the third floor of the C.B. King Courthouse in Albany, GA. The approach was not welcomed. The agent, who appeared to
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Deaths Linked to PCA Peanut Butter May Finally Be Talked About in Open Court
ALBANY, GA—United States of America v. Stewart Parnell et al began 346 weeks ago when food safety cops on the beat first identified an unusual multistate cluster of Salmonella Typhimurium. It would become the most deadly outbreak of foodborne illness experienced in the 21st century so far and among
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