Stewart Parnell has apparently reached the end of a series of legal appeals for his long sentence following conviction for his involvement in the Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella outbreak.  Release of product known to have been contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium resulted in outbreaks in 46 states, contributing to hundreds of cases and presumably, nine deaths.

In 2014, Parnell was found guilty on numerous counts of wire fraud and conspiracy and dissemination of adulterated and misbranded foods into interstate commerce.  He received a 28-year federal prison sentence.  Since this time, Parnell has appealed his conviction to numerous courts and most recently, a motion to dismiss the verdict, alleging incompetent legal representation.  In the most recent ruling, Judge W. Louis Sands rejected the petition and Parnell will remain in prison presumably until 2038.