Troy woman Miranda Hopkins (Windham Prison) convicted in infant son’s death argues for new trial

Miranda Hopkins initially told police she “blacked out” and awoke to find her 7-week-old son cold and beaten

BELFAST — A Troy woman convicted of manslaughter in the death of her infant son is arguing for a new trial.

WABI-TV reports that Miranda Hopkins wants DNA taken from her two autistic sons, who she’s blamed for the January 2017 death of her infant son, Jaxson.

A subpoena has been issued to their father seeking his approval.

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The Maine Supreme Judicial Court rejected an appeal of her 13-year prison sentence last year.

Hopkins initially told police she “blacked out” and awoke to find her 7-week-old son cold and beaten. She told police one of her two autistic sons may have caused the injuries. Jaxson’s cause of death was listed as blunt force head injuries.

A court found Hopkins drank shots of liquor and smoked marijuana the night of Jaxson’s death.

The next court date is in February.

Arline Lawless facing Eight Days of Room Restriction for writings posted to the Political Prisoner blog

Dear viewers,

None of the contributors to this blog write us for the purpose of ending up on the blog.  Although in the beginning (and next year the Political Prisoners Blog will be ten years old) we solicited and posted, anonymously, things written specifically for the blog, that isn’t necessarily so for all of our current inmate contributors.

Having had relationships with the current roster for over at least three years minimum, most of the entries that you’ll view these days are excerpts taken from personal correspondence between the inmates and the members of the project.  We let everyone know, early on, that excerpts of their letters to us may be used in the blog; far more remains un-posted.  Convicts in Maine, of course, have no way of viewing the blog, or of seeing responses posted to their entries, unless we forward them on.

Recently, Arline Lawless whose content has been featured in blog since January of 2016 was written up for posting to “social media,” referring to a Maine Department of Corrections ban on the same.  She was initially looking at a loss of earned good time, although presently she faces eight days of room restriction.

Unfortunately, until this issue is resolved you’ll be seeing no more contributions from Arline Lawless.

Sincerely,

The Holistic Recovery Project.

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M.C.C. – Arline Lawless – MDOC #60057

17 Mallison Falls Road – Windham, Maine 04062

Creative Writing Class – Arline Lawless, #60057 – Windham Prison (M.C.C.)

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“Lock Down.” – Arline Lawless, #60057 – Windham Prison (M.C.C.)

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“Seizures.” – Arline Lawless, #60057 – Windham Prison (M.C.C.)

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“Feelings.” – Arline Lawless, #60057 – Windham Prison (M.C.C.)

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“My Life as a House.” – Arline Lawless, #60057 – Windham Prison (M.C.C.)

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“.. a few things..” – Arline Lawless, #60057 – Windham Prison (M.C.C.)

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“Now onto my tattoos.” – Arline Lawless, #60057 – Windham Prison (M.C.C.)

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“the Tree” and New Video Visitation for the Women’s Center at M.C.C. – Arline Lawless, #60057 – Windham Prison (M.C.C.)

 

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Maine Correctional Center – Arline Lawless – MDOC #60057

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