salmonella outbreak to peanut butter made by parnell's company, peanut corporation of america, at its plant in georgia. the contamination is blamed for thine deaths and more than 700 reported cases of food poisoning in 467 states. a federal -- 46 states. a federal jury convicted him of defrauding customers by falsifying the results of lab tests that screened for food-borne illness. the courtroom was packed with families affected by the outbreak. parnell apologized for the first time. for some victims' relatives, it was too little too late. >> were they sorry for hi pain seven years ago? where were they when this was happening to me? >> reporter: many victims' families applauded the sentence. parnell was sentenced along with two co-defendants, his brother, michael parnell, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and the plant's quality assurance manager, mary wilkerson, was sentenced to five years.