Sask. Father Who Withheld Daughter to Avoid COVID Shot Appeals Sentence

A Saskatchewan man is appealing his conviction related to keeping his daughter away from her mother to prevent the child from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
Michael Gordon Jackson received a one-year jail sentence after being convicted of violating a court order by not returning his seven-year-old daughter following a visitation in November of 2021. Jackson kept the girl for nearly three months. Prior to this, the child primarily lived with her mother in accordance with the custody agreement.
Jackson filed his appeal on Dec. 6, 2024, arguing that the decision was a miscarriage of justice because the verdict was unreasonable and not supported by evidence….