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Dad Allowed to Take Leave From Prison to See His Dying Little Girl
FoxNews.com ^ | March 27, 2008

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: cancer; corrections; inmates; jayciyaeger; meth; yaeger
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To: untrained skeptic

“I’m not saying that it isn’t a worthy cause, I’m saying it’s not the government’s role to fulfill it at taxpayer’s expense.”

I agree with you, however look at all the idiotic spending in the prison system now....cable tv, internet access, etc. When you’re already paying for things like that, this seems like a good cause by comparison.


281 posted on 03/28/2008 4:41:42 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: Kaslin
Jayci, who cannot speak, move or eat...

"She wants her dad. She goes to her room crying because she wants her dad," Jayci's mom, Vonda Yaeger, told KETV

It was the little girl’s wish for him to be with her and hold her hand when she took her last breath. Waht is so hard to understand?

It looks to me as if it isn't the daughter who is wanting this as much as it's the mother who wants it for her.

How is it that a child who cannot speak, move or eat goes to her room crying?

I feel for the child, but the family is using the media to get sympathy for this little girl, and it's going to end up costing the taxpayers a huge chunk of cash. (he's not incarcerated in the same town)

282 posted on 03/28/2008 4:54:01 AM PDT by trussell (I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
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To: longtermmemmory
"I think the fact he only gets a 30 minute view of the final hours of his little girl is a start on a private hell right there."

You want a private hell for this scumbag meth dealer? I would have audio taped his dying daughter's crying wish for her daddy and played it every day in his cell. He would never see his daughter. I don't understand why he's still allowed to breathe air.

283 posted on 03/28/2008 5:54:14 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: Slapshot68
When you’re already paying for things like that, this seems like a good cause by comparison.

Rationalizing the misuse of taxpayer funds because they have been used for worse purposes is a good part of how our government has gotten so out of control.

If you support the government's abuses of it's authority that you like, then you don't have solid grounds for supporting similar abuses that you don't like.

Far too many people look at how the government wastes money, and while they generally oppose it, when they see a cause they like, they figure that since the government wastes so much money, they should waste some on that.

Our politicians pander try to pander to all kinds of special interests so that they do something for most everyone.

We tossed out the idea that government has limited authority long ago, and allow them to use our tax dollars on just about anything but Christianity.

284 posted on 03/28/2008 5:55:49 AM PDT by untrained skeptic
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To: ShadowDancer
Cancer-stricken daughter of inmate dies
285 posted on 03/28/2008 6:22:07 AM PDT by lunarbicep (Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain)
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To: untrained skeptic

I perhaps didn’t explain my point well enough....I don’t consider taxpayer money used so that a dying girl can see her incarcerated father to be a waste, compared to where it’s wasted on cable/internet access, for example.


286 posted on 03/28/2008 6:46:12 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: Portcall24
"One of those times when intelligence ruled the decision-making process."

Ben Franklin once said, "The problem with common sense is that it's not all that common."

I've found this is especially true of bureaucracies...I'm glad to see common sense was allowed to make a rare appearance in this case.

287 posted on 03/28/2008 6:49:54 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Slapshot68

I understand your point. I agree that it’s a better use of money. However, taxpayer money should be used for neither, and it’s use for one does not justify using it for the other.


288 posted on 03/28/2008 6:57:32 AM PDT by untrained skeptic
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To: untrained skeptic

By the way, the little girl died this morning. Very sad. I’m glad she was able to see her dad before she passed, regardless of who paid for it.


289 posted on 03/28/2008 6:58:20 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: Slapshot68
By the way, the little girl died this morning. Very sad. I’m glad she was able to see her dad before she passed, regardless of who paid for it.

I agree. Very, very sad, and I'm glad that she was able to see her father.

290 posted on 03/28/2008 7:01:12 AM PDT by untrained skeptic
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To: robertpaulsen

we can consider that but it may be moot.

I have seen so many in the criminal courts who are essentially sociopaths who just don’t care.

I would much rather this little girl have found the comfort she was seeking with the presence of her father.


291 posted on 03/28/2008 7:07:09 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: untrained skeptic

yes, I wonder if the defendant (or the family) will send a simply thank you note to the judge...


292 posted on 03/28/2008 7:12:52 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: longtermmemmory

I hope I’m wrong, but I bet the family blames the judge that he wasn’t at her bedside when she passed. It would be nice if he appreciated the fact that rules were bent for his daughter’s benefit and gave thanks for that.


293 posted on 03/28/2008 7:17:12 AM PDT by trussell (I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
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To: rintense
Uh, IIRC, the law states that a prisoner may be give a release for extraordinary circumstances. This was one of them.

Evidently it was not an extraordinary cirumstance.

295 posted on 03/28/2008 7:50:06 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: the808bass
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.

The children of illegals are just as legal as this little girl is.

296 posted on 03/28/2008 7:51:55 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

yes but custody follows the parents and thus that child of an illegal goes home with the parents.

AND under the new rules that child’s offsprint are NOT us citizens UNLESS the child citizen lived for ten years in the USA before the ofspring’s birth) Military service in the US armed forces counts to the ten years.

It is a positive step from 1996 to eliminate the anchor baby BS.

Regardless this matter is closed the girl died and she was allowed to see her father despite his mistake.


297 posted on 03/28/2008 8:24:49 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Xenalyte

I don’t think your only sin is driving over the speed limit. If you have broken one of the Commandments, it is just the same as if you have broken them all.

Are you trying to state that you have never broken even one of the 10 Commandment at any time in your life?


298 posted on 03/28/2008 1:15:23 PM PDT by job
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To: indylindy
This story is about people who are citizens. Even if they aren’t the best citizens.

The children of illegals who are born here are citizens.

299 posted on 03/28/2008 4:51:57 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

That is debatable:)


300 posted on 03/28/2008 4:53:57 PM PDT by dforest
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