Criminal defense attorneys have noticed for the past five or six years that the focus of federal prosecutors across the country has been more and more on so-called white collar crimes and less on drug crimes.  The case against Stewart Parnell is an example of this. Parnell is the former CEO of the Peanut Corporation of America.  He and his brother, a food broker, were both sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for their roles in a salmonella outbreak in peanut butter.  There are several things about this case which make both the prosecution and the sentence notable. … Continue reading 28 Year Federal Sentence for Food Related Deaths