GUILTY NY - Erin Maxwell, 11, found hanged, Palermo, 29 Aug 2008

[Belinda]

04/09/2010 05:32 PM

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A Syracuse attorney will be filing an appeal in the Alan Jones murder case. Jones was convicted of killing his 11-year-old stepsister, Erin Maxwell.

John A. Cirando will be handling the appeal. He tells YNN he has not yet received the transcripts from the trial yet, so a timetable as for when the appeal will be filed is unknown. Cirando says the Supreme Court Appellate Division Fourth Department in Rochester assigned him to the appeal

http://elmira-corning.ynn.com/conte...acuse-attorney-assigned-to-alan-jones-appeal/

 

[LadyL]

Thanks for the update Belinda. IMO the 'parents' (and I use that term loosely) should've been up on more serious charges.

RIP Erin.

 

[Filly]

Thanks button not enough, Belinda.

This case I believe hit me the hardest here. I don't even like to think about it.

Here's a picture of Erin with her biological mom. Happy, pretty girl. Then she got sent back to them.


http://blog.syracuse.com/news/2008/11/1112eringrad.JPG

 

[JLMcKenna83]

Erin Maxwell's father, stepmother released from jail

Oswego, NY -- Lynn and Lindsey Maxwell have been released today from the Oswego County jail after serving their time for endangering the welfare of their daughter, Erin.

I can't even begin to explain my disgust with these two and their pathetic sentences.

 

[SunnieRN]

Erin Maxwell's father, stepmother released from jail




I can't even begin to explain my disgust with these two and their pathetic sentences.

It really speaks of the lack of importance our laws place on our children. The fact that these two have been released, despite the statements they made, admitting to locking up this sweet child, abusing her emotionally and physically, is a slap in the face of justice. Their sentence should run as long as Erin's, intil their death.

 

[Truman]

I was just going through my older watched threads and remembered Erin. I did a quick search...the murderer brother was released from prison in 2018. I'm stunned. All three are free to do as they please. Only Erin suffered any lasting consequences.

Man who strangled sister Erin Maxwell released from prison

"OSWEGO, N.Y. -- A man who strangled his 11-year-old stepsister in Oswego County in 2008 was released from prison on Thursday.

Alan Jones, who had been imprisoned since 2009, was released Oct. 4, according to the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

Jones, 37, was 27 when he strangled his sister, Erin Maxwell, with a nylon rope inside their Palermo home.

Jones was found guilty of second-degree murder in 2009 after a jury determined he acted with depraved indifference to human life when he killed Erin. He was sentenced to serve 25 years to life in prison.
The sentence, however, did not stick.

A state appeals court reversed the murder conviction in 2012, ruling that Jones had not acted with depraved indifference when he killed Erin.

His conviction was reduced to second-degree manslaughter, and his sentence was shortened to five to 15 years in prison."

Below is a previous article, I'm adding it because there were additional details I don't remember reading before. Oswego County District Attorney Greg Oakes seemed to be genuinely horrified by this case, rightfully so.

Parole hearing for Alan Jones next week

eta added additional article link