Stewart Parnell is convicted of knowingly selling tainted peanut butter, poisoning many. Apparently it is the first time food producers have gone into trial. He was jailed for 28 years, as he had poisoned more than 700 people with true consent.
According to this link, http://www.wired.com/2013/02/prosecution-pca/, It is regognized that 714 people were poisoned, ¼ were put into the hospital, and even 9 people died from the salmonella spread. It is bad enough that cnn got involved: www.cnn.com/2015/09/21/us/salmonella-peanut-exec-sentenced/.
Even Food Safety News got two different articles on this matter.
Article 1: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/06/stewart-parnell-lie-about-the-sales-if-it-saves-us-money/#.VpP8OcArLVo
Article 2: http://www.foodsafetynews.com/tag/stewart-parnell/#.VpP8vcArLVo Here is an analysis of some of the links:
Stewart Parnell, along with his brother, wishes to be released out of jail. However, he is being sent to a federal jail. Several people knew about the contamination, and of course they were jailed as well. Stewart Parnell was also seen sending a very bad email, showing that he doesn’t care about his own customers, just the profit. Stewart Parnell is also the cause of the 2008 outbreak of salmonella, as it is
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It is quite logical, however, as perhaps two outbreaks and nine deaths aren’t enough for life in jail. With extra consideration, I do know that even if he didn’t directly murder them, it still should count as murder. He knew that the peanuts were tainted. He still made the peanut butter. Stewart Parnell should be accused of murder. I wonder, though, about his sentence. If the people want him in jail for life, and he actually murdered while knowing, shouldn’t he be jailed for life? Is it too much to ask the people? Can’t someone who has caused two outbreaks of salmonella be jailed for good? Or do you, the people, want to have this food disease