The wish of his daughter, Jayci Yaeger, tugged at the hearts of many Nebraskans. A wish to see her father one last time before she succumbed to cancer. The wish was eventually granted 36 hours before she died, as Jason was escorted to see his daughter for 20 minutes.

The sound of pumping gas was the only noise Jason Yaeger made when we saw him recently. Even though he is finally out of prison and back in Lincoln, he is not allowed to speak to media under the terms of his house arrest. However, his brother Ed is speaking out on Jason's behalf.

"Jason is holding up really well. It was hard when we went for the first time to visit Jayci's grave site. It was very somber to see such a big strong guy holding the headstone and crying," said Ed.

Even though Jason was granted some time to see his daughter, all efforts to get him to his daughter's bedside in the final moments of her life were unsuccessful.

"There is nothing we can do about it any longer. They did what they did and we did what we had to do. I think we fought as hard as we could and so did they," his brother said.

However, according to Ed, Jason has owned up to the drug conviction that put him behind bars for five years.

"We're not denying the fact that Jason made some mistakes. He made mistakes and he has more than paid for those mistakes. More than any of us could ever imagine."

But now that he is out on house arrest his brother feels Jason is paying in other ways.

"When they go to the halfway house they take 25 percent of their gross income, leaving a person helpless. If it wasn't for me Jason would have absolutely nothing," said Ed.

Even though Jason lives with Ed and his family in Lincoln, Jason is still considered to be in the custody of a halfway house in Iowa, and pays 25 percent of his income to the program every month.

This whole experience has changed Ed's view of the system.

"I use to be one of these people who thought you committed the crime, man you ought to pay that," Ed said.

But now he believes the system sets former prisoners up for failure.

"There are other people in the halfway house who had been there months and months and months having a hard time making ends meet...paying 25 percent of their gross income back to these people. How are they supposed to get back on their feet?" he said.

Ed said if this ordeal has taught him anything, it's that these prisoners are also people--people who made mistakes.

Jason will be officially released in February, then put on probation. His brother says Jason hopes to share his story with teenagers to prevent them from making the same mistakes he did.