CEO Sentenced To 28 Years In Federal Prison - From Early County Georgia
Rickey StokesViewed: 3131
Posted by: RStokes
Date: Sep 21 2015 5:47 PM
A federal judge sentenced the convicted CEO of a bankrupt peanut company at the center of a nationwide salmonella outbreak to 28 years in prison.
"This has been a several year nightmare. Now I stand before you and ask for forgiveness from you and the victims," Stewart Parnell told the court Monday before the sentence. "To the victims, I apologize tremendously."
He and two other defendants were convicted for their roles in the outbreak linked to a peanut plant in Blakely, Georgia.
Character witnesses for Stewart Parnell, the former owner of Peanut Corporation of America, testified on his behalf.
His mother, daughter, and son-in-law spoke about his caring and generous spirit in the courtroom.
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