Comments on: Little Girl Dies After Getting Last Wish to See Prisoner-Father

By: alextia

alextia — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:42:42 +0000

Really?? I mean it’s a ten year old DYING girl and she justs wants to see her father for the last time? How would you like it if you were in prison, your child was dying, and you didn’t jave the priviledge to say Goodbye?? Rot in H.E.L.L

By: gertrude@hotmail.com

gertrude@hotmail.com — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:39:48 +0000

@Tammy-

Who’s asking for convicted felons to be released? It doesn’t appear that anyone was asking for his sentence to be reduced or stopped. I also inferred from this story that it was not the father but the little girl that requested to be with him in her dying days. An amazing scam: imprisoned man telepathically tells his daughter to try and get him furlough! Regardless of what contact he’s initiated with her over the years, *her* dying wish was to see her father. How can you deny something like that?

And really, the last comment was just silly. Why would you paint such a ridiculous scenario to bolster your argument? It just weakens any point you may have had to go to hyperbole.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:31:33 +0000

Before we start the outcry for releasing convicted felons, should we not hear the facts of the case? Had the man had contact with this little girl prior to his conviction? Was this just a scam on his part for a little (or alot) of freedom. Too many bad apples and soon all inmates will suddenly what release to be with dying children.

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Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:15:24 +0000

[...] Now, it appears that the company has found that bullying families like the Shanks can impact their bottom line: the only apparent concern. No one in the company appears to have had the decency to lift a finger to prevent this abuse of a family struggling to survive while grieving for a dead son. This is much like decision of the federal Bureau of Prisons to allow a dying girl to see her father before she died — but only after a torrent of criticism in the media. Click here. [...]

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:53:04 +0000

I agree, Mespo. As far as I’m concerned, the BOP treats the family members of inmates with the same indifference and in some cases (as in this case) cruelty and lack of compassion they have for the inmates in their charge. As JT pointed out, the only reason this warden relented was that public pressure was making HIM look bad, not because of any real compassion for Jayci. I would venture to say the majority of wardens and corrections personnel (aka prison guards) are just like him.

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:00:02 +0000

JT:

Apparently clemency and compassion are reserved for bag men and big donors in this Administration. We could get Congress in emergency session with the President returning to Washington from another of his unending vacations to pass so-called compassionate (and ill-conceived) legislation to deny a spouse the right to permit his brain dead wife to die with dignity when Republican donors in the so-called Right to Life Movement were involved. However, compassion for a dying 10 year old is beyond this crowd. Guess they forgot about Matthew 18:6 (KJV), or never really knew about it in the first place.

By: kermudgeon

kermudgeon — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:16:53 +0000

Jason Yaeger, the father, is serving a 5½-year sentence for possession and intent to distribute methamphetamines.