Posted on 07/24/2015 5:51:45 PM PDT by grundle
Prosecutors are recommending a sentence of life in prison for a peanut executive convicted in a deadly salmonella-poisoning case.
Stewart Parnell, the former owner of Peanut Corporation of America, was convicted last September of knowingly selling truckloads of peanut butter contaminated with salmonella from his plant in Georgia to food processors.
The recommendation for his sentencing, which a lawyer for one of the victims called “unprecedented,” was revealed on Wednesday, the Associated Press reports.
The contaminated peanut butter caused a salmonella outbreak that spanned 46 states and lasted from 2008 to 2009, sparking a massive recall by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It killed nine people and left more than 700 ill.
After a seven-week trial, Parnell and his brother, food broker Michael Parnell, were both charged with 76 federal counts linked to intentionally shipping peanut products that tested positive for salmonella, CNN reports.
During the trial, federal prosecutors presented more than 1,000 documents, including a March 2007 email from Stewart Parnell to a plant manager about the tainted peanut butter. “Just ship it,” he wrote in the message.
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My great aunt died from complications due to eating peanut butter crackers made with their peanuts.
Effective August 1st, all peanut consumers will require a concealed carry permit for transporting any pocket size bags.
Prison for life is expensive. Why not just hang him?
What a scumbag.
My condolences on your loss.
He knew he was selling poison? If that’s true, he deserves life.
He knowingly shipped food that was poisoned knowing that it could kill people. He killed nine people. he should spend the rest of his life in prison.
Oh, it’s okay ;) I’m even up for a game: What would Joe Biden have said?
Stand up, Janet! Oh God love ya’, you’re dead.
Okay. If he sold it knowing it was contaminated, the it seems like a fair sentence to me.
Is that a jar of Skippy in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
Completely avoidable by roasting the peanuts according to spec. This guy cut corners big time.
http://www.nutritionalanarchy.com/2014/08/13/heres-why-and-how-you-should-make-your-own-peanut-butter/
Why were they charged after the trial?
Or is it simply a reporter that cannot write worth a hoot?
Life in prison sounds about right.
feeding the rube..a slow acting....poison ..........would of course be CRUEL and UNUSUAL Punishment....but hey WHY NOT
I had a bout of salmonella poisoning a couple of years ago, though it wasn’t from peanuts. It wasn’t fun. I can see how it could kill people who are not really healthy to begin with.
If he knew his stuff was tainted, life in prison is too good for him.
He should have to eat all the remaining peanuts.
so did he sell peanuts that were KNOWN to have salmonella contamination?
or did he just sell peanuts that they knew had not been roasted to a high enough temperature to ensure that any possible salmonella contamination would be neutralized?
because these are not the same things.
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