On Mother's Day 2009, Jeff Almer, who's mother had died the previous year, bought a Mother's Day card and sent it to Stewart Parnell, the owner of the Peanut Corporation of America. Almer's mother had had died due to salmonella found in peanut butter manufactured by Parnell's company. In his letter, Almer wrote that he would get justice for his mother and that he was willing to fight to see Parnell go to prison. A year ago, Parnell was convicted and is now in a food safety trial unlike any other. Parnell, if found guilty, could face a life in prison. After looking at emails sent by Parnell, it is obvious that he knew about the problems in the PCA manufacturing plant, but did nothing to change them. Nine people were killed by the salmonella found in foods manufactured by PCA.
I believe that Stewart Parnell deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison. He knew what the quality of the food he was producing was, and that it could cause deaths, but he did nothing to improve it. All he cared about was making money, which cost the lives of innocent people. This reminds me of King George III, because he was so obsessed with power that he did not care for the well bing of his country, only that he had the most power.
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I agree with you. It's horrible how our justice system takes so long to work when it's obvious he did something wrong. It's one thing if you didn't know about it and once you learn about it you do everything in your power to fix it but he knew about it but continued to do nothing to stop the outbreak and because of his corruption and laziness, someone died when they shouldn't have had to.
ReplyDeleteShelby Linker, 8th period
For what he has done, he deserves life in prison
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. It's his fault for not doing anything especially since he knew what was happening. The things that people will do for money are surprising especially killing people. -Mattie Whisler 9th period Flex
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