Posted on 03/27/2008 11:24:35 AM PDT by ShadowDancer
Dad Allowed to Take Leave From Prison to See His Dying Little Girl
Thursday, March 27, 2008
OMAHA, Neb. — A 10-year-old Nebraska girl with terminal brain cancer had a simple last wish: to have her dad by her side as she lay on her death bed.
On Wednesday, seemingly against all odds, Jayci Yaeger's wish came true.
Her father, Jason Yaeger, who has been locked up in a South Dakota federal prison on methamphetamine charges, was allowed to see his daughter for what may be the last time.
He was furloughed after a barrage of letters and phone calls from around the country convinced officials to let him visit the hospital, according to KETV.com.
Jayci, who cannot speak, move or eat, could sense that her father was next to her and feel his touch, because she began breathing more heavily during his visit, the family told FOX News.
But to their disappointment, the visit lasted only about 30 minutes.
"She wants her dad. She goes to her room crying because she wants her dad," Jayci's mom, Vonda Yaeger, told KETV before the prison warden agreed to permit Jason to see his daughter.
The girl's condition has been described as minute-to-minute, and she recently suffered a stroke.
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Indeed they do. The father's actions will have consequences. So will the actions of the bureaucracy and the state. God fobid that we come to the point where legal liability and the absolute letter of law is the only consequence that matters to us.
Who was it that killed his parents and tried to claim he shouldn’t be jailed because he was an orphan?
But don’t punish an innocent child for the sins of her father. If its her dying wish and brings her some level of comfort and grace, then grant it. Her father will continue to pay for his sins, whether in a prison, or in the guilt he’ll feel for the rest of his life that he was not there for his daughter.
You tell me. And then tell me what that changes.
That would be those poor, innocent orphans, the Menendez brothers.
Perhaps you should redefine “really good people” since I would probably consider people with addictions they relapse into or families that fall apart as being average to dysfunctional.
I generally define really good people as those who honor their obligations regardless of the inner personal cost to themselves, but that’s just me.
I don’t think it was the Menendez Brothers who claimed it. I think it was some dipsy female juror who said she felt sorry for them since they were now orphans.
That's the very same arguement, word for word, that the Left uses to argue that illegals should be allowed to stay here. To keep the family together, and the kids are in high school, and we shouldn't punish them by sending their parents back to Mexico.
We just got through months and months of that argument in Denver.
I am glad he got to see her too. Prayers for the child & her family.
This is not for him, but for her.
For those that want to make sure this guy is punished I can tell you without a doubt his watching that child die of cancer would be hell on Earth. And let him go to her funeral. Seeing that little girl dead in her casket will be in his head forever.
I could list several ways I have seen people die or get killed. Guns, car accidents, heart attacks, etc. But I've never seen anything as horrible as watching a young child die of cancer. There are no words to describe it.
I will always remember you Abi, you were tougher and braver than a squad of Marines. Sweet, kind and pure of heart. You taught all of us that knew you what life was all about. Rest in Peace.
This isn’t a thread about illegals. You argument is entirely different. Take it elsewhere.
It is about the arguments that people use to bend the law.
Many of the arguments made on these threads are indistinguishable from a liberal thread on DU about why illegals should be allowed to stay here. The only difference is th lack of four letter words.
It’s puzzling to me why so many otherwise conservative can so quickly don liberal clothing and not feel dirty.
Good thinking. Any inmate who has a dying child, spouse, parent or relative should be immediately pardoned.
Uh, IIRC, the law states that a prisoner may be give a release for extraordinary circumstances. This was one of them.
Uh, IIRC, the law states that a prisoner may be given a release for extraordinary circumstances. This was one of them.
They don’t want just one last visit...they want him to be let out for a month to spend it with her.
You are insinuating that the father will not serve his legal obligation to the state. He will. The illegals will not return to their home country and serve their legal obligations to the US. That's where your rather obfuscatory and reactionary (not to mention completely irrelevant) analogy comes to a screeching halt.
There is a process established for leave from prison. This is not a huge departure from the judicial process in the US, no matter how much people on this thread wish it to be.
Discretion is the better part of valor. And grace given shows justice all the more clearly.
Very sad story.... my heart goes out to her family.
This story is about people who are citizens. Even if they aren’t the best citizens.
I think it’s done on a case by case basis, probably taking into consideration the severity of the crime committed and circumstance of the visit. You may not agree, but I’m glad the system allowed his visit to see his daughter and grant her dying wish.
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