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Eleventh Circuit grants extra time for PCA criminal appeals

By Dan Flynn on November 1, 2017

Appellate attorneys for Stewart Parnell, his brother Michael Parnell, and his former employee Mary Wilkerson and government prosecutors will get an unusual 40 minutes for their oral arguments before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of…
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Convicted PCA execs want more time for appeal oral arguments

By Dan Flynn on October 24, 2017

In two weeks, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta will turn its attention to the criminal appeals of Stewart Parnell, his brother Michael Parnell and his former employee Mary Wilkerson.

The trio was convicted…
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Oral arguments next month in peanut butter criminals’ appeals

By Dan Flynn on October 5, 2017

The last time criminal case activity involving Peanut Corporation of America took place in an actual courtroom was almost two years ago. That was for the restitution hearing in relation to Salmonella-contaminated food that killed…
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11th Circuit sets date for arguments in PCA criminal appeals

By Dan Flynn on August 11, 2017

Oral arguments for the appeals of Stewart Parnell, Michael Parnell and Mary Wilkerson are set for the week of Nov. 6, according to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The trio, once associated with…
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Appeals court will hear oral arguments in PCA criminal case

By Dan Flynn on July 26, 2017

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta will hear oral arguments in the appeals of the criminal convictions and sentences of Peanut Corporation of America’s imprisoned executives.

Attorneys for both the government and…
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Appellate judges won’t release Wilkerson while awaiting appeal

By Dan Flynn on May 25, 2017

The extended visiting hours for Memorial Day weekend at Federal Correction Institution (FCI) Marianna probably won’t be much consolidation for 43-year-old Mary Wilkerson, who was denied in her second request for release on bail.

She…
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Wilkerson seeks release on bail as Lightsey gains his freedom

By Dan Flynn on May 15, 2017

Samuel Lightsey, the one-time operations manager for the Peanut Corporation of America’s processing plant in Blakely, GA, is out of prison with a new job at a company equipping the peanut industry.

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‘Fry them’ comments in jury room could get Parnells a new trial

By Dan Flynn on May 3, 2017

The conduct of the 2014 jury that convicted Peanut Corporation of America executives delayed sentencing for about year, but in its final analysis the district court found a new trial based on jury misconduct was…
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First of PCA convicted executives begins prison release process

By Dan Flynn on May 2, 2017

Samuel Lightsey, 52, the former manager of the now defunct Peanut Corporation of America processing plant in Blakely, GA, has moved into a Residential Re-entry Management facility in Atlanta a step toward his release from…
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Government responds to defense issues in PCA appeal

By Dan Flynn on March 2, 2017

Prosecution and defense attorneys in the Peanut Corporation of America criminal case have found something they can agree upon. Both sides now say the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta needs to hear…
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