Darth Parnell testifying before Congress in February 2009

Not much has been heard in the year since the CDC found that the CEO of Peanut Corporation of America,  Stewart Parnell, was responsible for knowingly shipping Samonella-infected peanut butter across the country, sickening over 700 people and killing at least 9.

In a time where the news media is crawling all over a story about an attempted underwear bomber that resulted in no deaths or injuries, you would think that this Stewart Parnell would be indicted for perpetrating the largest biological weapon attack on U.S. soil in history.

In December 2009 the Lynchburg News Advance reported that the “executives and former managers of the now-bankrupt company … [are] fighting among themselves for a piece of a $1 million corporate insurance policy.”  including:

- PCA President Stewart Parnell had demanded $951,000 of the $1 million policy for his legal defense;

- Former Blakely plant manager Samuel Lightsey asked for $500,000 for his defense in an ongoing criminal investigation;

- David Royster III and David Royster IV, former members of the PCA board of directors, asked to have unspecified funds reserved for their use; and

- Joe Sams, a former Blakely plant manager, and Mary Wilkerson, a former Blakely quality assurance manager, asked for $182,000 for legal costs.

Meanwhile, 9 Americans are dead.  Where is the justice?

Stewart Parnell, et al – Have You No Shame? Like Vultures on a Carcass : Marler Blog.