For years, I’ve told people that I’m being held hostage by the Commonwealth of Kentucky due to a “black hole” of justice–an undefined area of the law. But that may have changed because of SCOTUS ruling on Counterman v. Colorado. But will it help me?

By |2023-11-12T12:57:53-06:00November 12th, 2023|Categories: Letters from John, News & Updates|

To all interested parties, friends, family & supporters! For years, I’ve told people that I’m being held hostage by the Commonwealth of Kentucky due to a “black hole” of justice, or more accurately, an undefined area of the law. For the last 11+ years since my conviction, that’s been the case but that may have changed [...]

Update from Aunt Carol: The Civil Lawsuit

By |2023-09-22T13:48:07-06:00September 21st, 2023|Categories: Legal Update, News & Updates|

Hello everyone!  This is John’s Aunt Carol bringing you up to date on the lawsuit John has filed “pro se” (“written for oneself on one’s behalf”), something many inmates do to make sure their legal complaints become part of a court record and don’t just fall down a deep dark hole somewhere. Many times this precedes [...]

John’s update 9 2023 2

By |2023-09-22T13:48:16-06:00September 12th, 2023|Categories: Letters from John, News & Updates|

September 2023 How KY DOC keeps people like me in the Hole for years when the law says we can’t stay in here longer than 30 days at a time Hello to all my friends and supporters! It’s your favorite Prisoner of War here at KSP! Yet another report from the front lines of hell. I [...]

John’s update 9 2023 – Visitors at the Prison

By |2023-09-22T13:48:23-06:00September 12th, 2023|Categories: Letters from John, News & Updates|

September 2023 It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these. Ironically, I’m in the same place I was the last time I wrote an update. I’ve been here in the “hole” for 8 months now and have been put on something called “Administrative Control” which is essentially a license to keep me in Solitary [...]

John’s update 9/11

By |2023-09-22T13:48:29-06:00September 12th, 2023|Categories: Letters from John, News & Updates|Tags: |

My friends and Supporters, This year is the 22nd Anniversary of the terrible events of September 11, 2001. Aside from the victims who died by the hands of cowards, and their poor families who have had to bear the weight of their loss over the years, most people don’t think about the monumental effect that day [...]

The dream/nightmare always brings up the same melancholy, along with the same questions for God: How does an innocent person come to prison?

By |2023-06-06T13:08:13-06:00June 6th, 2023|Categories: Letters from John|

The dream sequence is always the same. I’m 18 years old and an Army Ranger, one of the nation’s most elite fighting operators. Tonight is a big night. Only a few short weeks ago, I watched in horror along with the rest of America as our innocent countrymen were murdered by terrorists on 9-11. My [...]

20th Anniversary of the Iraq War Update

By |2023-09-22T13:56:21-06:00April 5th, 2023|Categories: Letters from John, News & Updates|

My name is John C. Buckley IV, my yard name is "Ranger". The reasons for this is because I was a member of the elite 3rd Ranger Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment for deployments to both Afghanistan & Iraq. As we are in the 20th year remembrance of the invasion of Iraq, I am reminded of [...]

Update 12/5/2022

By |2023-09-22T13:48:38-06:00January 12th, 2023|Categories: News & Updates, Prison News|

Hello everyone, this is Carol Buckley Frazier, John Calvin’s Aunt. I’ve been involved in John’s case for the past several years, trying to help overturn his unjust conviction, helping to manage his finances and making it very clear that he is well loved and missed. It’s been a while since I’ve written an update, mainly because [...]

The Fundraiser

By |2023-06-18T09:22:17-06:00December 14th, 2022|Categories: Prison News|

John is in the middle of appealing his conviction on the federal level, one that has already taken over 10 years of his life as an innocent man in prison. Knowing that only 3-4% of appeals ever make it past the procedural barriers for a retrial, we have hired experts to discover new evidence in his [...]