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Reply With QuoteA sad case, I am sure some form of arranged visit will be made for the girls sake, but overall THL I totally agree with your sentiments.
Here is a father that has a daughter that is dying of cancer. The father CHOSE to use meth and got sent to prison. Now his daughter is suffering more than she needs to. She wants to see her father and cannot because he CHOSE meth over his family. His wife is left to deal with their daughter dying alone because her husband CHOSE to use meth. The mother also has also had to raise their children alone because the father CHOSE to use meth.
Parents: Wake the hell up!! The mother is blaming the prison because they will not allow him to take a prison hiatus and go home to be with his child. The prison officials did not CHOOSE to use meth. They did not make him use meth. He CHOSE this.
I feel very sorry for this poor little girl. Its not her fault that her father is a jacka$$ but she has to suffer for it.
Jayci Yaeger wants her father to be at her bedside, but that isn't likely to happen since Jason Yaeger is in a federal prison in Yankton, S.D.
Vonda Yaeger is pleading with the warden for compassion to grant her daughter's wish.
"She wants her dad. She goes to her room crying because she wants her dad," Yaeger said.
Jason Yaeger was convicted of methamphetamine charges nearly five years ago and is scheduled to be released next year.
"We've never asked them to release him early. Never asked them to change anything. We've asked them to just give him some time to be here," Vonda Yaeger said.
Several KETV NewsWatch 7 viewers said they've e-mailed the warden themselves after reading the story. Kevin Burton said he e-mailed a link of KETV's story to the warden, along with a note that said in part: "I feel heartbroken for this little girl. It sounds like a drug charge, and not a more serious crime. As a father of a young daughter myself, I hope that there is more to this story. I would hope in cases such as this some compassion can be shown and reasonable accommodations taken that safeguard the public, honor the judiciary, but still let this little girl see her father while she is still living."
Viewer Sandie Yeaman said she called South Dakota's governor's office, "pleading for them to allow Jayci's father to be at her bedside. I urge all Nebraskans to call Gov. Rounds office and plead for the dying wishes of this little girl and her family."
The South Dakota governor's office said it can't play a role because Yaeger is in a federal prison.
Another viewer suggested starting a nationwide petition to get Jason Yaeger to his daughter before she dies.
Jayci Yaeger has been allowed three escorted visits with her father, but each trip lasts only a couple of hours and costs the family hundreds of dollars. Requests for longer furloughs have been denied.
"They say it doesn't constitute an extraordinary circumstance," Vonda Yaeger said.
A representative of the Yankton facility would not respond to specific questions about the situation.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons Web site states its policy -- that furloughs can be allowed for a family crisis and that decision is left to the warden.
"We've asked them numerous times, 'What is an extraordinary circumstance?'" said Vonda Yaeger. "They danced around it. They don't give you a direct answer."
Jayci still gets calls when her father can manage.
"He talks to her. We put the phone to her ear and she cries," Vonda Yaeger said.
She said there have been several times she didn't think Jayci would make it through the night, but she somehow keeps fighting.
"I feel she's hanging on for her dad," Vonda Yaeger said.
The family said that what makes the situation even more difficult is that Jason Yaeger is scheduled to be transferred to a half-way house in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in August. That would make it possible to visit Jayci, but her mother said it will probably be too late.
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A sad case, I am sure some form of arranged visit will be made for the girls sake, but overall THL I totally agree with your sentiments.
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Should raw analytical data ever be passed to policy makers?
Don`t wish to sound heartless, but its a bit late for him to be playing the caring father role, and for the mother to be blaming the establishment, he chose that life, and sadly is paying the consequences two fold
[QUOTE=Bob Jones;472542]Don`t wish to sound heartless,bang on Bob, totally agreebut its a bit late for him to be playing the caring father role,
Should raw analytical data ever be passed to policy makers?
Change meth to crack...
Change skin color from white to black...
(I'm assuming they're white since meth is a "white" drug)
All of a sudden you will have every single press and the so-called civil rights leader all over this story.
Question of how the justice system is "racist" will appear in Obama's speech.
In other words, the girl should be allowed to see her father one last time...but I have no sympathies for the father or the mother.
"Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.
Not too sure on this one. He messed up 5 years ago and I'm not sure if his Daughter was seriously ill at that time. I don't know what the Meth charges were, or why he received a long sentence. As he is due for release next year, I'm tending to lean towards leniency, if only for the Daughters sake.
Yes, the man has been a fool and Yes he deserves his prison sentence but to add this extra torment serves no purpose. The Question is.. if it was a Rapist or child killer in the same situation, what would the public say then? would they be asking for his early release?
The so called father knew what he was doing was wrong and he knew the consequences. People who do drugs are usually so selfish, that they either have no clue or simply don't give a rats behind, that what they do affects not only them but their loved ones and even those who loosely come into their lives. It is better that the girl does not see her father so she may remember him better than as the low life druggy he really is.
Wake up people. This story is only one example of the ugly things that meth does to families.
Or the stupidity of US drug laws and the war on drugs.Originally Posted by bonehead
We don't know the facts behind the fathers sentence, but if it was a simple possession or anything except selling then he should be allowed to see his daughter.
I am no fan on the complete failure of the so called "war on drugs" as the feds have lost all reasoning in fighting things of this nature. Meth however, should be fought with extreme prejudice in our schools, in our communities and in our homes as meth is by far a greater threat to our health, our belongings, and our way of life than any terrorist.
On a more personal note. If you want to do an act that you know is illegal, you either change the law before hand or take the risk and the consequences when caught. If you do not want to do the time, do not do the crime. It is as simple as that.
The girl didn't do meth. I'd be inclined to grant her last wish.
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Also the father did meth so whoopee do.
Last time I checked, being a loser with poor mental skills is not a crime punishable by the state refusing him to stand death watch over his daughter, at her request. The State is batting zero on this I'm afraid.
I think the father was selling drugs, not merely possession or using it.
Upon more careful reading of the original story, I noticed the article just glossed over the father's drug charges:
The rest of the story was devoted to how the girl should see her father and how unfair it is to deny what could possibly be her last wish.Jason Yaeger was convicted of methamphetamine charges nearly five years ago
I cannot find any more detailed reports on the web for some odd reason. I heard on Fox News this afternoon that mentioned he was a drug dealer. The show had 2 legal experts debating whether it's proper to have exceptions like this.
"Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.
As long as this isn't about early release (and it doesn't look like it is), let her see her father. People keep talking about how he chose, that he knew what he was doing, etc. But this visit isn't for HIM, its for HER. She didn't choose. As long the precautions are taken to make sure he doesn't escape during/after the visit, grant her wish.
What on earth does that have to do with the topic?Change skin color from white to black...
(I'm assuming they're white since meth is a "white" drug)
All of a sudden you will have every single press and the so-called civil rights leader all over this story.
Question of how the justice system is "racist" will appear in Obama's speech.
And then if the dad was from Australia...
To sit down with these men and deal with them as the representatives of an enlightened and civilized people is to deride ones own dignity and to invite the disaster of their treachery - General Matthew Ridgway
This is where your wrong. Meth is totally different then MJ, it is way more dangerous and actually poses a very serious health and crime risk.
If any drug is worth being banned then its Meth. You cant even go near a meth lab without hazmat gear or else you could die from merely inhaling the fumes.
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