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
Stewart Parnell’s attorney, Amy Lee Copeland, requested an extension for filing an Appellant’s Brief, which was granted by the clerk for the 11th Ciricuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.
Copeland was to have filed the brief by June 26. The extension means the brief is not due until July 25
Continue Reading 11th Circuit delay gives Stewart Parnell more time to file an Appellant’s BriefBrothers Stewart and Michael Parnell will not be released on bond pending the outcome of their appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta ruled. Judges for the Circuit, however, did on Jan. 8 grant the Parnell brothers more time to file their appellant briefs. The
Continue Reading Release Pending Appeal is Denied for Parnell Brothers
The former president of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), Stewart Parnell, has embraced several of his brother’s issues on appeal and also asked to be released on bond until those appeals are decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In a 55-page filing on behalf
Continue Reading Stewart Parnell, Like His Brother, Wants to be Released on Appeal Bond
Joseph R. Pope, an appellate attorney from Williams Mullen in Richmond, VA, says he can be in Atlanta on any day for the rest of this year to make oral arguments for the release of Michael Parnell while his client’s appeal is heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals
Continue Reading Attorney Makes New Arguments to Try and Free Michael Parnell
All five people convicted in the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal case are now in federal custody. Samuel Lightsey and Daniel Kilgore, the former plant manager and former operations manager, respectively, for PCA’s ill-fated peanut processing facility at Blakely, GA, have voluntarily surrendered to their assigned federal prisons. Peanut
Continue Reading All Five Convicted Former PCA Managers Now in Federal Custody
Mary Wilkerson will begin her five years of imprisonment on Nov. 3 as the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday denied her motion for release while she appeals her conviction for obstruction of justice. The court’s one-line order merely denies Wilkerson’s motion filed Oct. 8, and it states
Continue Reading Atlanta Court Denies Wilkerson’s Motion for Release Pending Appeal
