A SENTENCE IS HANDED DOWN IN CONNECTION TO A LISTERIA OUTBREAK IN 2011 THAT LEFT FIVE NEW MEXICANS DEAD. A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE IN DENVER HAS SENTENCED COLORADO CANTALOUPE FARMERS ERIC AND RYAN JENSEN TO FIVE YEARS OF PROBATION AND SIX MONTHS OF HOME DETENTION. THEY'LL ALSO HAVE TO PAY A STIFF FINE AND PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE.
IN ALL, 33 PEOPLE DIED AS A RESULT OF THE LISTERIA OUTBREAK.
