Comments on: "She Was Hanging On For Daddy"

Girl, 10, Succumbs To Brain Cancer After Inmate Dad Gets One Last Visit

[redhoffer]

If you just sell meth, it goes under the charge of "manufacture and distribution", same as if you just cook it but don''t deal it.

I have not heard if this guy was simply dealing or had a regular lab going. The charge could be misleading some posters as that''s the name of the charge.

This guy may have actually set up a lab, cooked it, and sold it. But based on what he''s in for he may have been dealing.

Don''t know if that makes a difference to anyone, but it is clarification.

I think there should be separate charges for manufacturing verses dealing with the latter not being quite as severe.

But that''s off topic. Either way, treatment is very effective for addicts and is many, many times cheaper than prison (even compared day or prison to day of treatment). All the federal money that supposedly goes to "treatment" is chanelled into law enforcement and probation/parole. Even if you think addicts are weak or evil, from a financial perspective it is much more sane to treat them than to put them away, and also more effective in the long run.

The punitive thing is just failed.

[rohink-2009]

elukacek

We aren''t talking about a little pot smoking. No one goes to prison for five years for smoking dope. No one goes to prison, period for smoking. Do you know the difference between jail and prison? You don''t think cooking meth and selling it isn''t serious?

[wakeup60]

Patsy2007 ...Drop off the deep end.
orsand and bethechange hit it right off the bat with some great points.Our Prisons are "FULL" of people that have 1 joint on them,pulled over for a minor infraction,arrested,have large amounts of prison time to serve while the "BIG BOYS"-never caught or punished.To rid the major culprits that initially bring it into the States would be a good start.These higher ups never get cut off @ the knees with tons of this ***/Billions of Dollars worth/they run free. Just the pee-ons get sent up the river and for long periods of time for 1/joint,stupid.How wonderfully generous this warden was,not knocking him completely let him out for "20" minutes to be with his baby-How gracious/could have let him be with her when she died! If the father had done a heinous crime, like Mr.Simpson got away with, then there would be no discussion.But come-on! Put the icing on the cake/People with terminal cancer should have the opportunity and supplied with "free" marijuana to combat pain and nausea/should be "very" legal for their benefit-so they can halfway enjoy what time they have left/These...Holier than Thou/Judgementals out there/hopefully U will never have to endure Chemo treatments that take every bit of dignity,humility and humanity out of you/and then if you''re lucky U die...anyway, but in agony!

[wango2007-2009]

Posted by be_thechange
Sometimes in trying to be moral we strip ourselves of humanity.

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Wow, there''s a nasty piece of sentimental relativism. People twist morality in any way that suits them.

What we need is the rule of law applied as consistently as possible. He was in prison for the good of humanity.

This guy wanted a "get out of jail free" card because his daughter was dying? Virtually all prisoners have someone die if they are in jail for any length of time. Following you (il)logic we should let them all out. That''s not very humane towards law-abiding people.

This guy knew the consequences of his actions. If he wanted to show his humanity to his daughter and to society he should have obeyed the law.

[rohink-2009]

Another travesty brought to you by our puritan justice system and government. Our drug laws are archaic by civilized standards. These people need help, not incarceration. What a joke! And that poor little girl, dying without her daddy at her side. Proud to be an American huh? This kind of thing makes me ashamed to be an American.

Posted by tpeks40

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Exactly what kind of help do you propose for someone that decides to manufacture and sell a dangerous drug that has caused such destruction?

[elukacek]

i dont understand people who rape and murder and people who put babies in microwaves get only a few more years then this guys did there''s something wrong there. He had gotten in trouble for drugs not a serious offense he didnt kill or hurt anyone and we r filling our prisions with that i can see a year and probation but 5 or more is too long. Cops and the law need to find people who deseve to be in prison murders, wife beaters etc. All in all he should have been let go with time served on good behavior

[rohink-2009]

That poor little girl hung on for her daddy for a long time. She was diagnosed with cancer at age three. Maybe if her dad didn''t decide to manufacture, distribute and use meth amphetamines he would have been there for her last seven years.

[tpeks40]

Another travesty brought to you by our puritan justice system and government. Our drug laws are archaic by civilized standards. These people need help, not incarceration. What a joke! And that poor little girl, dying without her daddy at her side. Proud to be an American huh? This kind of thing makes me ashamed to be an American.

[redhoffer]

Only semi-related, but if Mr Yaeger had been African American and was dealing crack he''d probably be doing thirty in prison rather than this five for speed. If he was just dealing powdered cocaine he may have done six months since mostly wealthy white people snort the stuff.

Of course, if he''d been a white guy who embezzled billions of dollars from stock owners he would have gotten nothing as far as jail time.

Why are we filling up our prisons with these guys?

[wango2007-2009]

Does Ed think Jayci was indeed hanging on for that one last visit from Jason?

"I believe that''s what happened," Ed responded. "She was hanging on for daddy, and she got her daddy, and then she let go."
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Sounds like a happy resolution to the situation. The poor young girl got extra days of life waiting for her father, days she might have lost if they let the criminal dad out earlier.

The prisoner got to see his daughter before she died, a good thing. He should have thought of his daughter before he did his crime, and that he is the cause of the problem here, of course, not the prison officials or the daughter. If he were not a convicted felon, there would have been no problem at all for him to care for his daughter.

Looks like prison officials made exactly the right call in this case.

[barbbobo]

The little girl paid for her father''s crime by not having him. The father will pay for the rest of his life because of the guilt for not being with her. My nephew could not even go to his father''s hospital or funeral because he was in prison. There are many more punishments besides just being locked up when you commit a crime.

[patsy2007-2009]

I hate it when all you people who say it was an unfair decision, you are wrong and two face. Some of you have comment on postings were drug smugglers get caught and you say burn him, give him death, give him the highest punishment etc...however just because this little girl passed he deserves the right to be freed and then go back to serve his time, I really don''t get it!
My 5 yrs old cousin died last year of leukemia I was said and understand the paid his parents must be going through, but reality is he digged a little too deep into the hole and was not able to get out, yeah it was not this angels fault and he could''ve been there; but it was his fault and noone and I mean noone should have special treatment. I bet if he would to be in a federal prison in California he would not even have the right to see her for 20min...
Reality is this angel has passes into better hands and the father should think about it twice before he even commits another crime, cause drug charges it''s still a crime!!!

[sincebyjake]

Why not make drugs legal and let them be sold by the government. People that use them are going to use them anyway.

Posted by pollroller1 at 01:26 PM : Mar 28, 2008


Legal or not, drugs fry your brains. We allready have a few million dead heads which are a very costly burden to society .


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Posted by jankebenz at 02:19 PM : Mar 28, 2008

Let''s assume you''re right. What''s your point?

[orsand]

Too bad he wasn''t Scooter Libbey or friend of Bush. Rush Limbaugh''s legal team already has a ton of info about why a substance abusers break laws to illegally get drugs. But he was not wealthy, a celebrity, or politically well connected. He was an average joe from the Midwest. Whether you will be convicted, or what the length of your sentence will be, is determined by how much you can afford to lawyer-up. And if you are Scooter Libbey-you can avoid all consequences. SoDak would rather pay $125,000+ to lock him up for 5 years than $15,000 for drug rehab. Which would have got him back to his family, job, and paying taxes instead of draining the coffers. It''s sad that so many people react with contempt & venom when they learn that one of their fellow men is flawed.Here I though all humans were imperfect. For most of us, we will probably stumble at least once in our lives. The reason many of us were able to get off our knees and stand up straight again is because someone else was there to extend their hand, with love and compassion, to help us back up. We should be careful about being too judgmental because given the right circumstances-we, too, might find ourselves in a bad spot and it is arrogant & tempting fate to believe "that it couldn''t happen to me". One of the greatest pieces of advice I have been given in my life was to always remember that "That there but for the grace of God...go I".

[be_thechange]

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

Sometimes in trying to be moral we strip ourselves of humanity.

[barbaraf4]

"KMTV says on its Web site: "Someone is pretending to be a member of the Yaeger family, going to businesses and getting donations -- but it''s all a scam -- and the family is upset. If you run across the person, call the police."
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Just bad. Really, really bad.

[mjm117]

"Legal or not, drugs fry your brains. We allready have a few million dead heads which are a very costly burden to society "

I would say alcohol is a bit more costly to our society, although I don''t have any numbers to back that up.

[caliengineer]

It''s moments like these that redeem America. Please give to this family! Let the world know love.
God bless all who give.

[jankebenz]

Why not make drugs legal and let them be sold by the government. People that use them are going to use them anyway.

Posted by pollroller1 at 01:26 PM : Mar 28, 2008


Legal or not, drugs fry your brains. We allready have a few million dead heads which are a very costly burden to society .

[Cas2dy]

He just wanted to be with his daughter, that''''s all."

Shoulda thought of these things BEFORE getting involved with DRUGS.

"but either way he still had a right to be with his DYING daughter,"

Dont worry, according to the right wing shes in hEaVEN


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Posted by newsterl

Is there a law that says this is so? Parents who go to jail run the risk of losing the opportunity to see and participate in their children''s lives. That is their choice..freedom to do anyhting on the outside, including being a loving parent to a dying child. This is a terrible, terrible example of how one''s behavior can have so many megative lessons in it for not just the people who commit crimes, but those who love them also.