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Former peanut powerhouse Stewart Parnell isn’t getting out of jail

By Dan Flynn on October 18, 2022

Stewart Parnell, the 68-year former peanut industry executive who 13 years ago was caught shipping peanut butter and pastes that he knew were contaminated, won’t be getting out of prison until 2038 when he’ll be…

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Parnell brothers fail to persuade magistrate that their trial lawyers were ineffective

By Dan Flynn on April 13, 2022

The U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Georgia recommends denial of motions to release brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell from federal custody. Judge Thomas Q. Langstaff quietly filed decisions on April 7 after…
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DOJ asks District Court to deny Michael Parnell’s petition

By Dan Flynn on October 25, 2021

The federal Department of Justice (DOJ)  wants the federal court for the Middle District of Georgia to deny former peanut broker Michael Parnell’s petition to vacate, set aside, or correct a prison sentence that could…
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Government gets extra time to reply to Michael Parnell’s post hearing response

By Dan Flynn on October 12, 2021

U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Q. Langstaff is giving the government until Oct. 22 to reply to a post-hearing brief for Michael Parnell. Department of Justice (DOJ) trial attorney Speare I. Hodges wants an extra week…
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DOJ wants federal judge to deny motion for early release for Stewart Parnell

By Dan Flynn on October 11, 2021

The way the Department of Justice sees it, the once chief executive officer of the now-defunct Peanut Corporation of America is a keeper.

Government counsel wants the Middle District of the U.S. District Court in…
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Post hearing briefs filed for Parnell brothers in Habeas Corpus proceedings

By Dan Flynn on September 7, 2021

At the deadline for closing arguments, one was early and the other late, but not too late.

Brothers Stewart Parnell, 67, and Michael Parnell, 62, have turned in their final written arguments to support their…
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Last word on motions to vacate Parnells’ sentences comes into sight

By Dan Flynn on August 13, 2021

Almost two years after they submitted motions to vacate, set aside, or correct their sentences, Stewart and Michael Parnell are coming to the end of the process.

The court activity is in relation to a…
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Jury and trial expert says Stewart Parnell’s trial attorneys dropped the ball

By Dan Flynn on June 16, 2021

Were the jury and venue back in 2014 sufficiently free of bias to give Stewart Parnell and Michael Parnell a fair trial or not? Latest to offer an answer is trial scientist Denise de La…
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Top hearing questions: What did the jury know, why wasn’t the trial moved

By Dan Flynn on May 25, 2021

ALBANY, GA — Stewart Parnell, his hands-free but his wrists attached to the chain around his waist and ankles, was back in the federal courthouse Monday, where a jury nearly seven years ago found him…
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Parnell brothers exchange exhibit and witness lists with government for Motion 2255 hearings

By Dan Flynn on May 11, 2021

Two weeks out from the evidentiary hearings that could see a federal magistrate vacate their convictions and sentences, the Parnell brothers have traded witness and exhibit lists with government lawyers. The hearings, held under 28…

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