http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992628/posts
Posted on 03/27/2008 6:14:07 PM PDT by Conservative Vermont Vet
Update: Despite efforts from Fox News to facilitate this dying girl's wish to have her father at her bedise when she passes, the imovable, cold-hearted, beauraucratic, red tape of the Jucidiary, Bureau Of Prisons and U.S. Attorney are intransigent in their unwillingness to bend the "rules" to allow this to happen.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990744/posts
Sadly, somehow I missed it.
After seeing this on O'Reilly, I am compelled to post it again in the hope that something can be done to move these idiots off the dime before this little girl had died
Apparently Fox correspondent (name escapes me as I am so upset and just a little incensed) contacted the Judge and he agreed to order the father released early if US Attorney agreed
Sadly, the POS is hiding under his desk and apparently his mouthpiece, some bimbo, was very abrupt with correspondent when he attempted to contact US Attorney.
Likewise BOP is holding fast to their simplistic "these are the rules and we have to follow them" mantra.
It is not like this man is a danger to society.
His place of incarceration is a camp: No walls, no fence, etc.
Moreover, he is due to be released to a half-way house in a few months anyway.
Don't know what we can do, but I'm going to try and get emails for Judge, US Attorney and Warden as well as BOP and send them a love note.
Anyone who chooses to participate to try to affect outcome will be appreciated by me and I would imagine, the father and family.
Thanks
PS If anyone beats me to finding info, please post.
My advice: Don’t get sentenced to prison because crap happens when you do...
What makes this a tragedy is that a dying girl couldn’t get her last wish. Ridiculous especially when considers that serial killers and unrepentant murderers get their last wishes met incl. a hearty meal of their choice.
It was Fox’s Gregg Jarrett (an attorney) handling the case. Such a sad story.
The tradegy was caused by the guy committing a prison-worthy crime and not being the father he should have been before and after the daughter was terminal.
I was given a one day furlough from jail to go to my grandmother’s funeral. I just sent a letter the the judge and asked and he granted it.
This is one of the problems that the federalization of crime has caused. The federal sentencing times are several times the magnitude of state sentences and there is absolutely no accountablility for any actions taken by Federal bureaucrats. They are completely immune from public opinion.
Is this a different article than what was posted a few hours ago? I thought they allowed him to visit his daughter?
They already bent the rules for him to visit her three times, I believe.
Sadly, this little girl has no one to blame for this mess but her daddy.
What is he in jail for?
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992628/posts
Yeah, thanks. That's really nice of you.
I'm sure his innocent dying daughter would certainly agree with you /s
Meth
Have you ever studied just exactly how lethal Meth is to anyone that tries it? The addiction schedule is staggering. This is no recreational drug. Meth is death.
I read in a post on this last week that he’s in for some type of drug offense.
The compassion you are all exhibiting is overwhelming and makes me ashamed to even consider you fellow Freepers.
Notwithstanding the Father's transgressions (drug related and not child molesting, rape, murder, etc.) how does one stand in judgment without considering the life (and soon the death) of this innocent child?
Yeah right, "Dont' do the crime if you can't do the crime" is really a thesis in intellectual sophistry and can only hope that none of you are ever placed in similar situation.
As for me, being a common sinner, I will pray for God's help for the sake of this child--regardless of the sins of the father.
So if he was pushing or making the stuff, he may be responsible for other people losing their children?
Exactly my thinking!
Thanks.
BTW, you’ll like comment #46 on the other thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992628/posts?page=46#46
He was not placed in the situation, he placed himself in this situation. My point is that when you get yourself sentenced to prison, you are no longer in control of the situation and are in no place to demand anything. He can ask, plead, beg, etc, but if he was a better father and not a druggie, he'd be able to decide for himself to attend to his daughter.
Is there any limit to the demands that should be accomodated from the dying? What if he was violent? What if it was a son (far less cute?) What if the daughter was 45 years old? How about if the daughter had 2 years to live? Where is the limit to freeing criminals for dying relatives?
And I applaud your compassion and celebrate your right to discuss issues such as this here on FR. (Even when we disagree.)
Who knew?
Maybe we should let all the bad boys out if they can demonstrate some personal tragedy in their lives.
Absolutely there should be. And they should be considered on a case by case basis when considering the merits thereof
What if he was violent?
Hardly think so, as he is house in a "Camp" that has NO BARS and NO FENCE. Inmates could/can simply walk away anything they so choose
What if it was a son (far less cute?)
Now that really makes sense. Would a father love a son less than a daughter? Would this not touch SOME OF US the same if this were so??
What if the daughter was 45 years old?
It would make absolutely no difference: A child dying, no matter the age, holds as much importance as any other.
How about if the daughter had 2 years to live?
THEN THIS WOULD BE A MOOT POINT BECAUSE AS OF AUGUST, HE WOUILD BE FREE TO TRAVEL AND SPEND AS MUCH TIME BY HER SIDE AS HE WISHES.
Sadly, she will be dead by then.
Where is the limit to freeing criminals for dying relatives?
HE IS NOT ASKING TO BE "FREED." HE IS ONLY ASKING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH HIS DAUGTHER (LET US NOT FORGET THAT THIS WAS HER DYING WISH) AS NEED BE UNTIL SHE IS DEAD AND THEN HE WOULD BE RETURNED TO HIS JAIL FACILITY.
Jason Yaeger is not asking to be let off, has offered to spend double the remaining time he has to serve if they will let him be with his daughter when she passes...
He has pleaded repeatedly with prison officials to honor the bureau's apparent policy of allowing furloughs and transfers under "extraordinary'' circumstances, but has been rebuffed time and again, he told ABC News in a telephone interview from prison today. He is scheduled to be transferred in August to a halfway house just an hour from his daughter's bedside, but prison officials have refused to transfer him early, he said.
They already have a policy of allowing furloughs and transfers under "extraordinary circumstances."
If this is not "extraordinary circumstances," what is?
My point is...If you don't get caught making and/or selling Meth, you don't have to rely on the mercy of the prison bureaucracy to allow you to be with your daughter when she needs you. He should beg, plead, finagle, whatever, but the fault of his not being there rests SOLELY on his shoulders.
–noun 1. a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
—Synonyms 1. commiseration, mercy, tenderness, heart, clemency. See sympathy.
I'm 64 years old; spent 8 years in USAF (18 months in Nam); was a Federal Agent and busted my share of drug users/dealer; am a law and order type; don't do drugs; and also believe in the addage that if you can't do the time, don't do the crime
That said, I'm really surprised at the total lack of empathy that apparently the majority hold for this child and rabid animosity toward the father for his transgressions.
After being around here both lurking and otherwise for many years, I was under the impression that while Freepers were (as I am) Conservatives, I also thought most had a modicum of compassion for their fellow man--especially under circumstances such as this
How can one not be touched by the dying wish of an innocent little girl?
I guess that only the pure and holy deserve compassion; those who have NOT sinned?
Well, being so close to Easter (and Holy Friday) when we believers honored Our Lord for giving his life for us sinners, and if HE can forgive me, I guess I can forgive this father at least to the point of allowing him to be with his daughter as she lays in bed up to her last breath.
God Bless her, her father and all of you.
Hopefully, their Congressman (Jeff Fortenberry) will stay on this one...
I too was shocked and dismayed by the utter lack of compassion that many of our number have shown.
A very wise man once said: let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
Many of us should remember this.
And that is precisely the reason he cannot see his daughter.
He has already been judged by man's law.
What God thinks of his crime that puts him behind bars, and NOT be with his child as He delivers her to His bosum, is what he will be judged by at the end of his days.
That is his doing, not anyone elses.
Ah, it must be nice for you and others who hold the same opinion to be above reproach and never have done anything which begins to be as horrific as this father engaged in.
Don't know if you are a Christian, but wonder how God will judge you if/when you approach the Golden Gates and ask for admittance?
Oh, I digress, you and the others have nothing to worry about as you apparently have never sinned.
I wonder if God will look less favorably upon us who have committed run of the mill sins as opposed to have been a drug dealer; or a pimp; or a murderer; or ......... will he pick and choose which ones to forgive based on our "perception" of how grave the offense??
IF so, there are a lot of us who are going to be looking for a glass of ice water in the bowels of damnation and hellfires.
And since when has "Man's Law" been "INFLEXIBLE?"
Exceptions are made every single day for every single reason--and for none at all
What God thinks of his crime that puts him behind bars, and NOT be with his child as He delivers her to His bosum, is what he will be judged by at the end of his days.
Amen and why not wait and let God Judge him when he dies?
Who are we to judge him here and now and decide omnipotently, that he does not deserve to be afforded the benefit of being with his daughter, which appears to be the case so many are willing to proclaim
That is his doing, not anyone elses.
Granted. But, as he is at the end of his sentence and NOT asking to be released from incarceration, only to be allowed to spend whatever time his daughter has left (and then be returned to prison) should this be considered UNREASONABLE??
Apparently, so!!!!
LOL!
There’s mountains of boulders and wheelbarrows full of rocks rolling around here.
Smug always trumps mercy (I mean, we are the ‘good’ ones ;) ) And anyone who isn’t as good as we are deserves all the hate we can dump on them.
I mean, zat’s what good folk do/sarc
Yeah, I can’t believe the heartless remarks. This child is dying she doesn’t understand what’s going on with her daddy. I sure hope no one here has to rely on the decency of others in a heartbreaking situation like this.
Agreed. The Taliban wing of FR makes me a bit ashamed. It must be nice to be so morally superior.
Don’t do the crime...stupid dad prolly never gave the lil girl a thought before.
So by your standard any convict who has a dying parent, a dying child, a dying relative, dog, cat, bird, etc, should be allowed to go home until they pass? He ALREADY had escorted vists to see his child.
Prison is not a hotel you can leave at your whim, no matter the reason. It's there as a punishment for a crime.
There are two morally superior camps at work here.
One is not better --- or worse --- than the other.
And I can make that statement without resorting to name-calling guilt-by-association.
Maybe we could let them out for children’s birthday parties, Christmas, school plays, etc. How can we possibly be so mean as to jail people for crimes when there are children to consider?
If he hadn't put himself in the situation of serving a prison term for drugs, he's be home with his daughter now.
If you are looking for any of us who you call 'morally superior' to have any sympathy for an uncaring father, you've come to the wrong place.
The very wise man also mentioned rendering unto Caesar what is Caesar...and Caesar has demanded that he spend some time in jail.
Of course, how insensitive of me not to have realized that already?
Yes Dad has seen his daughter.
Daughter has dying wish to have her dad with her when she passes
TOO BAD, DAD. You've had your 2 - 3 visits, now rot in prison where you belong, you scum and when your daughter dies, just remember, its your fault you could not be there holding her in your arms.
Makes sense to me. /s
Prison is not a hotel you can leave at your whim, no matter the reason. It's there as a punishment for a crime.
Your right of course, and he damned well better spend EVERY single day of his sentence in prison, or justice will not have been served and society will have been cheated of its pound of flesh--even if a few days would be spent with his daughter and then added at the end of his sentence.
Oh wait, that would involve some measure of compassion and logic, which neither he NOR HIS DAUGHTER, are apparently entitled to.
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