Conspiracy -

Modern Day Alliances of Local Houston Politicians, Houston based State Politicians, US State Politicians and the Houston GLBT Caucus.

In November, 2013 - Local Houston area Politicians and Houston based State Politicians and U.S. Texas State Politicians united with the Houston Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual and Transgendered Caucus (GLBT), Andy Kahan and Fox26 News to form a unified front to derail the parole processes of Jon Buice in 2013. 

I believe there is a Conspiracy by these Politicians, including but not limited to, State-Senators, Congressmen, US. Congressmen/women, and numerous other state Politicians directly involved with Houston Area Lobbying factions listed above in the derailment of Jon’s parole.  The list of potential players, is largely unknown except for those named in recent expose’s because the Texas Parole Board operates in secrecy and will not divulge the names of government officials or groups protesting Jon’s release.  It is possible that the list of politicians could even include the office of the Governor.  They all feel the need to keep Jon in prison because of the potential voting power of the collective Gay Caucus’ within Houston, the state and the nation.  Consumed with their self-serving thoughts of superiority over the masses they are quick to join the “I am protecting society” agenda when in fact they are only concerned about their own well-being.  Effectively they are individuals or groups that have been organized [or take it upon them-selves] to punish an individual for a perceived crime when the processes of law appear to be inadequate or do not suit their idea of Justice.  This has become largely the case as our society moves toward a national and state government where those elected feel they are empowered by the status of their office to make decisions for those appointees [the parole board] under their jurisdiction, at the expense of individual rights.

Jon’s denial of parole by the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole, as I was told, was due to public perception.  That in effect was, lobbying by the GLBT Caucus and Andy Kahan on Houston area, State and US. Politician’s with their, “Hate Crime Rhetoric”. What transpired was a political tsunami of such magnitude that the Board personnel responsible for the decision were more than likely admonished by higher authorities, within the Board, to perform their duties contrary to published directives in the oversight of release as written in -  “Parole Guide Lines” http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/bpp/parole_guidelines/parole_guidelines.html

Jon became eligible for parole in 2003 under state laws established for the release of inmates from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice during the time of his original adjudication. In summary Jon would be eligible for parole after 11.25 years [1/4^th of his total sentence] provided that he worked, stayed free of trouble [good time] and satisfied the minimum number of days to be served.

Jon’s first consideration for parole was in 2003.  Jon had spent the minimum time required in his sentencing to be eligible.  During this 11 plus years Jon completed High School, obtained two (2) Associates and a Bachelors of Science Degree.  His disciplinary record was exemplary considering the number of years served and the various locations of his incarceration throughout Texas.  All things considered Jon was a prime candidate with a relatively low recidivism (relapse into criminal behavior) risk rate in accordance with the “Parole Guide Lines”.

Hate Crime Rhetoric and the Parole Board

In the years prior to Jon’s first parole hearing Ray Hill and the Gay community held a yearly memorial in the Montrose area of Houston for their self-promoted Hate Crime Martyr, Paul Broussard.  At these yearly rallies various individuals who were associated with Paul, including family members, would publically espouse their venom to the Gay Community.  By the time Jon became eligible for parole in 2003 this hatred was focused and a game plan was put into play to keep Jon in prison at all costs using any means necessary including promoting lies [Hate Crime Dicta], false testimony, and hearsay within the media to elevate the death of Paul to the same level as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr, Hate Crimes. See - Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act ... .  Andy Kahan’s hate crime rhetoric, the GLBT and Politicians willing to carry out his agenda have risen to a level that is reminiscent to the vigilantism of a lynch mob.  Jon’s release has become more and more difficult to achieve with each subsequent hearing. The vendetta that Andy Kahan created has risen to the current levels of deceit and secrecy where Politicians have willingly and wrongfully manipulated the parole process.  The Gay Community through the GLBT has in turn become guilty of the very thing they created legislation for – “Hate Crimes”. 

For ten (10) years I allowed the processes to be what they were in hopes that the Parole Board would do the right thing considering that they were to judge Jon’s release on what he has demonstrated over the years of his incarceration on not the current forces that are restricting their positive vote to release. 

In 2013 with the help of Bill Habern and others it was brought to the attention of the authorities that Andy Kahan was using his HPD position as the Victims Advocate illegally. He is presently under internal investigation with the possibility of prosecution for a felony crime.  How this will play out is anyone’s guess at the moment.  That is to say, the same Political friends aiding Andy in Jon’s non-release vote may well be trying to cover this incident as other Politicians have covered Andy’s transgressions in the past.

In order to level the playing field in this arena I am reaching out to the masses, through information included within this writing, seeking help to stop the injustice that has taken place over the past 23 years.  While Jon deserved prison time for his part in the death of Paul, in no way did he deserve more than the 5 others that were equally guilty of this tragedy.  As it is Jon has served 8 years beyond their sentences and may well serve many more if I am unable to stop the Political machine that Andy has put into play.   

As the following is quite lengthy I will summarize my intent here:  If after reading this posting you in turn feel that Jon is deserving of a second chance please write to your district and state representatives and the Parole Board members listed at the end of this posting with your noted disdain for their actions in Jon’s parole processes.

The Road to Perdition began In 2003 - Houston’s Gay community moved from the public arena to the parole proceedings.  Aided by the media, Andy Kahan took up the banner of public justice and began the crusade to keep Jon in prison.  Andy had at his beck and call all Houston media outlets - ABC, NBC, CBS, The Houston Chronicle and the Houston Press willing to promote his agenda.  It is believed that Andy also had inroads into the TDCJ with individuals who had direct access to Jon’s file willing to feed him information.  [Although knowledgeable sources have expressed this, proof is not readily available, it is believed that a person known to me only as “Raven”, who worked within a victims’ advocacy group, aided Andy by removing positive information from Jon files and replacing it with erroneous information like the knife he continues to show in the media]

I met with Mrs. Owens (lead voter) along with my wife, Jon’s stepmother, and Ray Hill (Gay Activist and Prison Reform Advocate and Radio Personality).  My wife and I expressed to Mrs. Owens our wishes that Jon be released and that we would provide a home, support and guidance to help him adjust.  We recounted Jon’s accomplishments (three college degrees) obtained while in the TDCJ.  We provided a signed petition of 150 plus names of supporters

Ray Hill explained his role in promoting Jon as a poster child to further hate crime legislation for the Gay Community.  He also elaborated on the fact that most of the pretrial media was biased towards those goals.  He expressed his, then current, relationship with Jon and that he had come to know Jon as an honest, caring and trustworthy person in total contrast to his original perception.  He further elaborated on what actually occurred the night of Paul’s demise and the lack of expediency from medical respondents to the scene.  He still shares the same views.

At my request Mrs. Owens went to see Jon and I believe that the face to face tempered her decision on the amount of time that he was to be set-off.  Frankly I thought that the set-off was due more to the other defendants in this case still being in the TDCJ than with any specific abhorrence she may have had for Jon.  Although sadden by the decision, I understood the decision in this context and accepted it as logical at the time.  We concluded that two (2) years in the scheme of things would not be long if Jon were to receive parole on his next review.

In 2005 - I met with Mrs. Owens again and expressed my hopes that Jon would be paroled.  I thought surely that she would grant Jon parole as all other defendants had been released and Jon had an impeccable record.  We reiterated Ray Hill’s involvement in Jon’s sentencing and his role in the bogus media play pertaining to Paul’s death.  However we were shocked she returned a non-release avocation.

I became painfully aware of Andy Kahan; his use of Paul’s, Nancy Rodriguez, to obtain entry in to the parole proceedings and pervert them; his stepped up media play and use of Mrs. Rodriguez to perpetrate lies to the public, and to influence Mrs. Owens decision making processes in favor of a non-release disposition.  This was in my opinion a banner year for Mr. Kahan and his influence over the parole proceedings.  The Board submitting to his influence affirmed that his use of the media could motivate the Board into adopting a compromised position when it came to the high profile cases that he wished to pursue.

In 2007 - I met with, Mr. Conrith Davis. (lead voter) I was a little taken back by this because Mrs. Owens met with Andy Kahan and Mrs. Rodriguez but not with me.

Mrs. Susan Bardwell, Police Reporter, (now Diseased) for the Houston Chronicle and Houston Post during the years leading up to and after Jon’s conviction, accompanied me to the Board.  Mrs. Bardwell was originally opposed to Jon’s release because her son was Gay, until she met and talked with me.  At that time she come to know the truth about that night, and went to meet Jon.  She became an advocate for Jon’s release and talked with Mr. Davis about Jon and her perspective on things. Although Mrs. Bardwell is no longer with us but I am sure that she would still support Jon’s release.  [Mrs. Bardwell wrote a positive Houston Chronicle about Jon this same year.  However, I can no longer find it in the Media archives].

Had I known the damage that Mr. Kahan and Mrs. Rodriguez would do impressing Mr. Davis’ decision I would have taken steps to present Jon’s worthiness for parole to him differently.  Had I known that Mrs. Owens would not be part of the process, although I think she had a great deal of influence on them, I would have approached Mr. Davis with more skepticism concerning his knowledge about Jon’s case.

I can only conclude that what transpired in The Board office by what was said the afternoon after their interview.  Mr. Kahan and Mrs. Rodriguez at KTRH-740 Radio along with Chris Baker proceeded to tell vicious lies about Jon and how they had persuaded the Board to off-set Jon’s parole and bragged that they agreed to keep Jon in the TDCJ for up to 27 years to equal Paul’s age at his death. [This is the first time 27 years is mentioned in any context to Jon’s sentence length]  Chris Baker’s program was where Andy Kahan first made the statement that Jon “Gutted Paul like a Pig” and then later that same day on a trailing news bulletin had Mrs. Rodriguez restate it as “Gutted like a deer”

After Jon was set-off I called Mr. Davis and asked why Jon was set-off and why for 2 years.  His reply seemed a little trite at the time as his reply was that the 2 years just followed suit with what was previously used as a set-off time.  At a later date, not long after that, during a meeting at the Wynne Unit with Peer Group Counseling of Inmates, Jon approached both Mr. Davis and Mrs. Owens.  Mr. Davis expressed to Jon that his time for parole was coming.

In 2009 - I started early in the processes pertaining to Jon’s parole in hopes to circumvent Mr. Kahan and Mrs. Rodriguez’s perversion of the parole process by pointing out various things to Mrs. Owens.  I wrote several letters to her and hand carried them to the Huntsville office for delivery to her out of fear that they would not be given to her if there was a mole [Raven] within TDCJ and possibly even the Board offices.  My intent was to make Mrs. Owens aware that Jon has worth.  He made a grave mistake as a youth, however I believe with all my heart that he has taken responsibility for his actions and carries a great burden in his life pertaining to Paul’s death.

 I gave a copy of the autopsy report to Mrs. Owens showing - the wounds that Jon inflicted on Paul were not of the gutting type, nor would they in themselves have caused Paul’s death.  I did this to combat the lies being told by Mr. Kahan and Mrs. Rodriguez.  I further showed that Paul did not die that night, rather later the next day and all the ramifications leading up to his death, giving credence to what Ray Hill had said in her office in 2003. 

[Although Jon contributed to Paul’s death, he was not the sole perpetrator. 5 other boys participated and that Houston’s paramedics were also complicit.  Since that eventful night three separate and independent pathologists have confirmed that the knife wounds in themselves, had Paul been properly attended to, would not have led to Paul’s death.]

I further re-attested to Mrs. Owens all accomplishments that Jon has achieved while incarcerated in the TDCJ.  That being:  Three college degrees prior to the 2003 parole review.  Since then and in particular in the years between his 2007 set-off and  2009 Jon went from being a dock truck loader to the Lead Administrator (Computer Tech) responsible for the Wynne Prison Unit Computer Network while he was there.  During that same two (2) years Jon obtained 8 separate Microsoft System Engineering Certificates and Three Cisco Systems Certificates.  [The significance in this was that Jon processes the credentials to obtain a serious work once outside of the TDCJ and be successful.]

 Officially at Jon’s hearing, I met with Mrs. Owens and Mr. Leeper seeking Jon’s parole once again.  I brought up Jon’s achievements over the past two (2) years and showed the opportunities he would have available to him once released.  We noted that he was involved in a Christian Out-reach program and at that time, in a section of the Wynne Unit called the Christian Dorm.  At this point in time Jon was in the last weeks of the program and was to move on to other endeavors.  Mrs. Owens and Mr. Leeper were very interested in this aspect of Jon’s involvement in prison programs.  Prior to making a ruling on Jon’s parole Mrs. Owens went to see Chaplain Hill, at the Wynne Unit about Jon.

 [A discussion about Jon occurred at this time between Chaplain Hill and Mrs. Owens and ended with Jon being conscripted by Chaplain Hill and two other correctional officers to help in an upcoming new influx of inmates to the Christian Dorm which would culminate in March of 2010.  Mrs. Owens returned a ruling of “Under Continuous Review” with no definite dates. It was my feeling that they were to rule in Jon’s favor in March 2010 to be released.  We were in hopes that Jon would be home by mid-year. ]

In 2010 - To my astonishment Jon’s parole did not occur as Jon was brought up on charges in March of 2010 for inappropriate liaisons with a correctional officer.  He was stripped of his classification and 30 days of his good time.  He was also removed from the Wynne Unit and his IT job with computers, and shipped to the Wallace Unit in Colorado City, Texas. 

The circumstances leading up to Jon’s case were something out of the Twilight Zone.  The perverted twist that the Wynne Unit Warden and Unit-Under Warden put on Jon’s relationship with Chaplain Hill are what you would expect in a prison movie where a Warden with absolute power wanted to destroy someone’s life.  Destroy not only Jon’s parole chances but also one of their own, Chaplain Hill’s spotless records of service.  Further, it is beyond my comprehension to understand why the Justice System would have a Christian Dorm with outreach programs that are designed to show inmates how to trust and care about one another (Christianity) and then pervert a relationship developed in “love of your fellow man”, one of the five (5) types of love a human can possess.  I can only assume it was for the Warden and his underlings own self-gratification that it occurred. 

[It was, I believe a conspiracy to defame Jon, a conspiracy, initiated by Andy Kahan and his influence on the Warden at the Wynne Unit.  There is a good chance that no one will ever know all who were involved except the players.]

Jon was stripped of his classification and sent to the Wallace Unit.  His parole hearing was set off until March 2011.  Jon went to work as a sowing machine technician although he has schooling for much greater things. 

I spoke with Mrs. Owens and explained to her that Jon and Chaplain Hill had done nothing wrong.  Chaplain Hill challenged the TDCJ concerning the 10 counts against her.  Eight (8) of the rulings were in her favor by the State Attorney and the TDCJ was given notice to provide the tapes to her that they had made.  Chaplain Hill’s Lawyers since then have noted that the tapes, under normal circumstances, amount to nothing, and. that the situation and context of the offenses were perverted by officials of the Wynne Unit. 

Jon went through two (2) Lie Detector Tests with the unanimous decision being that there was no deception in his answers.  The significance in this is that they asked Jon all sorts of questions pertaining to his character and involvement in things contrary to his well-being in prison life.  Several technicians that reviewed the LD tapes agreed that Jon was truthful.  To my way of thinking this in itself should remove all doubt about Jon’s worthiness for parole.

The problem is and has always been someone in a position of authority in the TDCJ seeking to harm Jon’s chances for parole.  Every time Jon has been eligible for parole someone or some situation from which Jon would later be exonerated would cause him problems that would greatly restricted his overall chance to obtain freedom.

The Chaplin Hill information was released to the Houston Press by someone in the Wynne Unit by way of Mr. Kahan.  He was given specific information that was only known by the parties involved, Chaplain Hill, myself and the officials at the Wynne Unit.  For the eight (8) months prior to the Houston Press release all was silent.

Mr. Kahan, the liberal press, Hate Crime rhetoric, and who ever at the Wynne Unit, furthered the perversion of the truth to bolster Mr. Kahan’s rhetoric that Jon is not worthy of parole.  Jon was not sentenced under the hate crime laws.  Without any thought processes other than the preservation of this power over the process, Mr. Kahan obtained and released to the public through the Houston Press information about Chaplain Hill’s job.  His release of this information to the general public caused Chaplain Hill loss of employment; curtailed her relationship in the Girl Scouts and employment with the Huntsville school district.  He has used the office of “Victims Advocate”, which he created for his own betterment, to slander and pervert truth as it pertains to Chaplin Hill and my son, Jon.

The forces trying to keep my son in prison are numerous and not all known. Although Jon has excelled in every program that the justice system has allowed him to participate in, it has become nearly incomprehensible as to what is expected of him to be considered for parole.  It is understandable Paul Broussard’s mother, Mrs. Rodriguez, will continue protest his release until the end of her days.  However, it amazes me to see people like Mr. Kahan prey on her emotions to further his agenda. [As can be concluded from the information provided above, Mr. Kahan has been prevalent in all the parole decisions since Jon first came before the Board for parole]. 

Andy has been successful in his perversion of the truth to such an extent that even Paul’s mother is victim to the hype.  Nancy Rodriguez’s rant of untruths on public radio about the death of Paul, at the coaching of Mr. Kahan has bonded .  I’ve seen pictures of things said to have been used to cause the death of Paul when in fact they weren’t.  Mr. Kahan on several occasions showed a picture of a knife that was big enough to kill an elephant when in fact the knife was never admitted to trial.  Jon did not have a trial.  Jon was forced into a plea bargain for 45 years.  Now I ask you, how is 45 years a bargain?

In 2011 - I went to the parole board in Amarillo Texas to speak with Commissioner Shipman with Bill Habern, Attorney at Law, about Jon’s release.  We presented our documents to refute the offering of Andy Kahan showing them to be erroneous and misleading. Four days later the two voting members granted Jon Parole with an FI-2 designation.  This meant that he would be let out at a specific date in the future.  That date was set in October of 2011. As in the past Andy Kahan knew of this long before anyone else and was immediately in the media with his propaganda.  The Houston Chronicle and numerous Broadcast stations picked up on the rhetoric and begin to publicize critically Jon’s release.  At the time I did not give it thought as I knew well that there would be some protesting and as often happens this would die down when it was no longer a hot news item.  What I was not aware of was the underhandedness of Andy Kahan and the extent of his underhanded ways of doing business.

While on a job assignment overseas I was informed that Jon’s parole had been overturned before it even began.  To my amazement the Parole Board reversed its previous decision on Jon’s release based on the premise that new information had been presented to the board warranting review.  At that time I was taken back because if Jon did not receive a trial with evidence being submitted then, what evidence could be submitted 20 years later to influence any decision that was to be made regarding his parole.

On returning to the United States a week later I started my discovery processes into what occurred.  To my astonishment I learned that Andy Kahan, Houston’s self-proclaimed Victims Advocate, had went to Pat Lykos, Houston’s District Attorney, Garrnet Coleman, State Representative and John Whitmire, State Senator with spurious information about Jon that was of such as sensitive nature they could not be release to the public.  They in turn, without any truthful knowledge about Jon’s case other than the media (mostly all negative) proceeded to conspire to write letters to the Parole Board Chairperson, Mrs. Ressie Owens, protesting the decision of the Boards release of Jon. This I believe prompted Mrs. Owens to send a third voter to the Amarillo region along with the two Commissioners that voted Jon’s release to reopen the proceedings.  In my opinion, this was a methodology to cover up the direct request of John Whitmire, State Senator to not release Jon.  [The significance of this is that John Whitmire State Senator serves as Chair of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee.]  This Committee has great influence over the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. At this time I became painfully aware that Jon had become “A Political Prisoner of the State of Texas”.

In 2012 - I went to the Angleton Board and spoke with Mr. Davis.  I thought that the meeting with Mr. Davis would go well as Jon had a history with him (See summary 2007).  Mr. Habern (Jon’s council) and Mr. Berryhill (Professor of Journalism at TSU) accompanied Lan and I to the Board.  Mr. Berryhill gave Mr. Davis his views of his investigations along with Mr. Habern’s submittal of certified documents of three additional (3) polygraphs taken by Jon to vindicate him in all aspects of issues created over the years by Mr. Kahan and the Media.

During the same time period Mr. Habern and I were making our presentation to Mr. Davis, Mr. Kahan was in the media espousing his ownership of Jons’ TDCJ disciplinary records showing that Jon was less than a model prisoner and that the Board would make a favorable decision in behave of Mrs. Rodriguez.  Legal discovery of those same records by Mr. Habern showed that Jon had been disciplined on three specific occasions during his 21 year incarceration, for minor infractions.  What is noteworthy here is that none of those violations were of a violent nature.  Jons’ deplorable violations according Mr. Kahans rhetoric in the media amounted to: 1-having a piece of wire for hanging clothes, 2-having a pair of sunglasses without record and 3-having one pair of under-wear too many.  Mr. Kahan, along with Mrs. Rodriguez, perverted the issues about Jon’s disciplinary records in the too obliging media to influence Mr. Davis, to decline the release of Jon. 

My tentativeness to Mr. Kahans’ perversion of facts on Fox26 News showed that Mr. Kahan had Mr. Haberns’ Parole Brief, a document that was submitted to the Board prior to our visit.  This made me wonder how he obtained this document before it was made public record.  That being by myself or Mr. Habren because technically once it is placed in Jon’s’ file only State and Board Officials have privy to it.   [At the time I could only surmise that a State or Board Official gave it to him.]  I told Mr. Habern of my discovery and my concerns that there was underhandedness in Jon’s’ parole proceedings. 

Mr. Habern obtained, by law, this video from Channel 26 News and after review filed it with the State District Attorney in Austin, as the complainant, attesting that there is a violation of Federal Law by Mr. Kahan and an unknown State Representative that gave him the file.  [Not for the brief, rather for the disciplinary records]

Proceedings are presently taking place in this matter.  Mr. Kahan bragged to a Canadian Journalist, doing a documentary on Jon, that a State Representative had given him Jon’s files and that there was enough information in them to keep Jon in prison during the upcoming years ahead.

Shortly there-after Mr. Davis resigned from the Board due to difficulties with the release of a serial Child Molester who jumped his monitor and fled. [This was in great contrast to his decline of release for Jon, a model inmate, with 3 degrees and an enrolled student in the Master Program at the Ramsey Unit.]

As the Parole Board continues to work in secret and allow unscrupulous [possibly felonious] individuals as Andy Kahan, and State Politicians, US Politicians and groups like the GLBT, influence their decision making, I feel fully justified in viewing Jon as a political prisoner to the State and the self-serving groups perverting the issues.  Eventually the truth will prevail and I will get to the crux of why the Board finds it so hard to release someone who has proved time and time again that he is worthy of parole. 

In 2013 – Jon’s parole processes were scheduled for August then moved to the 10^th of September.  I was encouraged that I would have a good chance at getting Jon paroled this time because in August,  Mr. Michael Berryhill released his investigative report in the Political Blog “GritsForBreakfast” - Death of Paul Broussard, the Parole of Jon Buice - Grits for Breakfast.  This in turn was followed by an article in the Texas Tribune - Complaint: Legislator Illegally Released Inmate's File | The Texas ... which started the investigation of Andy Kahan for illegal activities in his pursuit to keep Jon in prison.  GritsForBreakfast followed with a second article furthering the investigation of Andy Kahan –  Grits for Breakfast: Victim advocate Andy Kahan walks back claim of ..., which in turn prompted Ted Oberg of ABC News to publish a report - Killer's lawyer says crime advocate improperly shared convict's ....  Following Ted Oberg’s report The Houston Press Blog, Hair Balls published - HPD Investigating Victims' Crime Advocate Andy Kahan

 

 On September 10, 2013 - I went to the Angleton Board and spoke with Board Member - Mrs. Cynthia Tauss.  At my request Board Commissioners, Lynn Ruzicka and Fred Rangel were present for Mr. Bill Habern and I to present our brief in support of Jon’s worthiness for parole.  The session went well and I felt that we had a good chance at getting Jon released.  Considering all the information that we had on Andy Kahan and the lies that he has consistently told it should have been a non-issue.  Mrs. Tauss said that she would go to visit with Jon prior to making a decision and she did.

 On September 24, 2013 - Andy Kahan, Noel Freeman (GLBT Caucus Chairman) and Nancy Rodriguez went to the Board with a document supposedly very damaging to Jon. [It became known, by chance review of data I processed from Jon’s sentencing days, that Andy had obtained (illegally-possibly?) through is contacts, a copy of an interview with Mike Anderson [District Attorney during Jon’s sentencing days - now deceased]

This interview was after Jon accepted the plea deal and never was admitted or vetted in a court of law and was more about the others involved rather than Jon.  It was given by Jon nearly a year and half after the death of Paul.  Jon at that time was under the opinion that he alone caused the death of Paul with his knife wounds.  It would be nearly 5 years before documents would surface from various sources to show that the knife wounds in them-selves would not necessarily have caused Paul death.  

On September 25, 2013 - Houston hosted a Victims of Crime Rally in Houston.  It is my belief that Andy had staged this rally to coincide with Jon’s parole hearing as September was the original time frame set the year before for Jon next hearing.  The Kahan organization was not prepared for the Board’s processes to bring Jon up early for parole in August.  More-than-likely, requested through Mrs. Rodriguez, Andy asked that it be delayed until September.  That would explain the Board moving the process from August to September.  [I believe that Andy was prepared to present Mrs. Rodriguez as a key element of the televised showcase furthering his stranglehold on Jon’s release.]  Andy was not prepared for the HPD Internal Investigation of his felonious activities and the restrictions therein.  This more than likely forced him into giving his mantle of crusade to Noel Freeman chairman of the GLBT Caucus – Houston. 

On September 30, 2013 - Noel Freeman and Mrs. Rodriguez were given a televised interview by Mr. Randy Wallace of Fox26 News where Mrs. Rodriguez again stated that Jon “Gutted Paul like a deer”.  See comments at, http://inthedefenseofjonbuice.blogspot.com/ “The Hound is loose…Fox26” and “How Is It That”

On October 16, 2013 – Jon informs me that he has been set-off for another year.  He sees during a news cast that he has been denied.  The media and Mr. Kahan had this finding before Jon, Mr. Bill Habern or I.

On October 17, 2013 – Mr. Habern and I received the official notification that Jon had been set-off.  I asked Bill was there any reasons given by the Board for the set-off.  He said that there was no elaboration by them and that he suspected that it was due to “Public Perception”, translated from new-speak, [an Orwellian term from the book 1984, by George Orwell], “Political Pressure by Politicians”. 

On Mach 01, 2014 – Mrs. Alison Armstrong, Canadian Journalist and Documentary Producer, launched a Documentary Trailer along with commentary on “Kickstarter”, a web based organization that specializes in raising funds for documentaries. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2007855498/the-guy-with-the-knife.  In this documentary trailer- “The Guy with the Knife”, Alison re-affirms the conspiracy of the Houston victims advocate, the GLBT, local and state politicians and the Parole Board.  Ray Hill is shown infuriating the Montrose area gay community in 1991.  Andy Khan and the GLBT are shown placing petitions from the gay community in Jon’s file.  [Bill Habern nor myself have never seen what is in Jon’s file to vet out spurious information].  See information at September 30, 2013.

In conclusion, to those that have read this far into the article, I am requesting help to free my son, Jon C. Buice #630496 from the tyranny of Andy Kahan, known Politicians and unknown Politicians (State and National) by requesting that you - write your Representatives, Local, State and National about the total disregard for the rule of law in the matter of the Parole processes and Jon Buice.  Also write the Austin based, Parole Chair-person, Mrs. Ressie Owens showing your support for Jon’s release and your disdain for their secrecy in this matter.  Only by putting forth a concerted effort can I ever hope to find the person or persons that are derailing the Parole Process and free my son from their “Political Tyranny”

Known Politicians: As a matter of public record

Senator- John Whitmire:

803 Yale St  Houston, TX 77007
(713) 864-8701

State Congressman - Garnett Coleman:

P.O.Box 88140

Houston, Texas 88140

US. Congresswoman – Shelia Jackson Lee

1919 Smith Street

Suite 1180

Houston, Texas 77002

(It is not known if the governor is involved but he does appoint the Board Members)

Governor – Rick Perry

Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428

Parole Board Members:

Board Chairperson – Ressie Owens

Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
P. O. Box 13401
Austin, Texas 78711-3401

Board Member – Cynthia Tauss

1212 N. Velasco, Suite 201
Angleton, TX 77515 

The Hound is loose...Fox 26

Every year the effort to free my son from prison becomes more and more difficult because of the Victims Advocacy in Houston.  Now the Gay Caucus has weighed in and carrying the banner because Andy Kahan is under scrutiny by the HPD.  More than likely Andy will once again find a way to skirt justice and regain his status as the Houston Victims Advocate.  

Each time Andy is allowed to lie to the public through the obliging media he becomes empowered.  I see the Fox 26 investigative reporting of Randy Wallace deplorable in an attempt to force the Parole Board directly or indirectly through Politics to forego making a positive decision for Jon's parole.  Randy you are far from being an investigative reporter because you fail to get the facts straight and have allowed emotions to drive your efforts.  Your expose' is a travesty.

You say that it is fundamentally wrong for a inmate to have legal consul but is is Ok for the Victims family to get in the media emotionally and protest such use.  The fact is that Mr. Habern accepted this case Pro Bono because of the Media access of Andy Kahan. 

In our efforts to free Jon we have never said that Jon was not guilty of contributing to Paul's death.  What we have consistently said is that there were many factors other than what Andy and his minions have presented.  

Now the Gay Caucus is the one to say a legal brief they had no right to posses is riddled with errors.  If so, where is the error and where is the proof of that error.  It is easy just to say what they said in your expose' but it is only hearsay until you have the documentation to prove it.

Jon in his testimony at a hearing did not say he went to Montrose to beat up gays he said that the boys that he was testifying against (3 others) had previously went to Montrose for that purpose.  Jon never went to Montrose for that reason.

Again, Andy presented a picture of a knife.  Who's knife is that?  I never saw Jon with a knife like that. I know what Jon's knife looked like and that is not it.   In fact the knife was never vetted in a trial and so where does Andy attribute his access to such information, more illegal activities on his part.

There is nothing in the Autopsy Report that even suggests that Paul was "Gutted Like A Deer".

Great sensationalism but not fact.  Maybe this is Andy and Noel doing.

Mr Wallace your presentation is without any basis other than what Andy and Noel present.  So much for their 4 minutes of fame.  I can only say: "Mr. Randy Wallace-if you are the 'epitome of truth' in this matter I see you greatly flawed". 

How Is It That.....

Andy Kahan seems to have been restricted from attending Jon Buices’ parole hearing this year with Mrs. Rodriguez.  I wonder if the HPD Internal Affairs investigation has anything to do with his lack of presence in the media of late.   Out is Andy so In is Mr. Noel Freeman. 

Wonder how it is that the GLBT Gay Caucus has anything to do with the parole of Jon Buice.

Mr. Freeman, [Johnny come lately] with Hate Crime dicta VS what actually happen 22 years ago.  Maybe he should get his facts straight before he goes to the Parole Board with his rhetoric or is it that he is just another puppet of Andy Kahan.

President of the Houston Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Political Caucus, says [he] remembers the case well.

[ Noel Freeman says:]  "They came down here from The Woodlands for the express purpose of beating up some queers, is what they said in their statements after the fact," recalled Freeman. "They beat Paul with a nail-studded 2x4, and John [Jon] Buice gutted him like a deer."  by KHOU.com staff report, Posted on August 2, 2011 , Updated Wednesday, Aug 3 at 10:26 AM at 3:04 PM

Humm, I wonder where Noel got that Jon gutted Paul like a deer.  Could it have been from Andy Kahan as Andy seems to like using the term “Gutted” in conversations with the media:

“They chased down Paul and two of his friends,” said the City of Houston Mayor’s Crime Victims Office Director, Andy Kahan, in 2009. “They beat him. They hit him with boards. They kicked him with steel-toe boots. Then, finally, Jon Buice pulled out a knife and basically gutted him like a deer.” Last of ‘Woodlands Ten’ released, [ 0 ]July 5, 2011 | Josef Molnar

“From a victims perspective selling murderabilia is about the most nauseating and disgusting thing that could happen,” Kahan told me. “It is like being gutted all over again by the justice system.” Andy Kahan Houston Police Department - Diane Dimond

“It's like being gutted all over again and it makes you wonder who our system is really working for?”

Andy Kahan quotes

In Reflection

In Refection

Jon lives daily with the knowledge that he participated in actions that lead to the death of an innocent person.  I know that Jon is remorseful and shares in the grief of Paul’s family.  I say this because I have sat across from my son month after month, year after year and understand in my heart and in my mind that my son had no intent to kill Paul and will carry the burden of his actions that night for the rest of his life.

I am in no way trying to defend or justify the actions of my son or the other individuals involved in Pauls death.  However I am trying, through this blog, to insure that my son is treated fairly by the legal system that we all except and put our faith.  It is when this system breaks down or is abridge that steps must be taken to ensure that it is put on a straight and narrow path.  This ensures justice for all of us and not just some.

Some time has passed since the first parole hearing for my son Jon C. Buice back in 2003.  The Media frenzy continues each time that Jon comes up for parole.  The populace has all but forgotten the amusement park atmosphere that filled the television airways the year before. These events have happened in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.  Each time the media networks bash and reconvict my son without any due process. That time will soon be upon us again as Jon is scheduled for a parole hearing in the immediate future.  The media will probably gear up for a new feeding frenzy.  A public service some say.  However, from my point of view, it is mindless and without any merit.  The reporters seem to consistently fail to get the facts, to insure their sources are reliable and most importantly fail to present the subject without political or personal bias.  The fact is that almost any act committed against another with malice is a crime.  The difference between the Media’s actions of reporting and Jon’s actions on July 4, 1991 are discernable.  His was an act of passion and “teenage pack mentality” while the media actions are an act of malice.

Reflecting on those past media events, and the politics of Andy Kahan, a self proclaimed victims advocate and once Justice-For-All’s, Houston’s spokesperson, I can only say that we live in a fanatical state of delusion where truth and honesty no longer play any role in activism or reporting.  Andy Kahan is one-dimensional in his rhetoric about my son, Jon and his role in the death of Paul Broussard on, July 4, 1991. Kahan’s methods and tricks, utilizing the all too obliging media, have shaped public’s thought processes and opinions through "fixed images" of a "hate crime", which abridges the public and the parole board members reasoning and cuts off any possibility for Jon’s parole. Further, media cited contemporary examples of parole, where no one should receive parole only helps to perpetuate Kahan’s goal of keeping Jon in prison.  His success in manipulating the media, the public, political leaders and the parole board members with “hate crime” dicta and erroneous detail pervert critical thought processes and secure a non-release (NR) vote year after year.  The fact is that Jon was not indicted for nor sentenced to prison for a hate crime.  This term was coined during and after Jon’s imprisonment.  Andy Kahan actions along with much of the media has preyed on the sentiments of the populace, with a vengeance that is reminiscent of a person wantonly wishing to control the thought, behavior, and feelings of those who were willing to listen.

Knowingly with media help Kahan has reached out to the uninformed to promote a distorted account of the crime.  Andy and the media have historically appealed to those types of individuals and positioned them where they would refuse to listen to any thought processes contrary to their lies.  Consequently, justice has failed leaving Jon no hope of overturning the perceptual state, established within the Houston metropolitan area by the media many years ago.  It is human nature to believe the media.  Andy Kahan knows this and his liberal access to the media and politicians will continue to promote his erroneous doctrine to the masses with little or no resistance to any lie he wishes to perpetrate as long as they allow.  Further Kahan realizes that there is little or no consequence to any falsehoods he might promote through the media as he can always refute them as misunderstandings as he is presently doing now that he has been called out on the issues.  Much of the media seems to have been Andy Kahan’s lackey.  Until very recently the media apparently feels that they have little to lose.  One might think the media seems protected from slander and there is little or no recourse by anyone caught in the snare of their sensationalism. Only in the last year have we started to find reporters who have attempted to seek out the truth.

Andy Kahan and the media’s propaganda about Jon’s release has been so depressingly negative without foundation, that I am convinced that media is able to sway the parole board into not releasing Jon even though Jon’s record is near exemplary.  Perhaps Andy even suggests some reprisal with his big city political status and the media if the parole board did not capitulate to the dicta of the day.  I can rationalize my disdain, as the truth about Jon is universally opposed to any of the rhetoric presented by Andy Kahan, most of the Houston News media, Gay Blogs or Gay Media.

Until recently, all the years prior to and including Jon’s incarceration the media has never published, hoped to publish or sought to publish the truth in the matter of Paul Broussard’s death.  Nor have they wanted to look into the person, Jon Buice singled out, in error, as the sole responsible perpetrator of Paul Broussard’s death with any fairness of facts. (There were 9 others involved)  Rather, the media, along with Andy Kahan have promoted with a vengeance a hateful image of a boy with wanton homophobic tendencies deserving of the death penalty.  The Media has promoted this injustice without merit as the facts that they presented are distorted, biased, and based on nonfactual rhetoric. 

“Gritsforbreakfast”, “The Texas Tribune “and “The Dallas Voice”,  Internet Blogs and News sites have recently published articles or commentary on Michael Berryhill’s, investigative article about Jon.  Michael Berryhill is a Professor at TSU and Investigative Journalist.   The article questioned the Media and Political Involvement and opened up the investigation of wrong doing by Andy Kahan.  However the article did not get into the matter of Jon regarding Paul Broussard’s death.  Paul died of failure on the part of many that night, not just Jon Buice. 

The real facts of the night are:

§  There were nine other assailants.  Five others went to prison and have been released for the best part of five years.

§  Jon, was involved that night but not the perpetrator or the instigator.  He was the last to leave the too cars these then teenagers were in to join the ongoing fight.

§  Jon turned himself in to the Houston Police and voluntarily walked into the police station on his own.

§  Jon never denied his involvement in the death of Paul Broussard.  He made a statement to that affect the police.

§  Jon, did stab Paul Broussard.

o   Did Jon stab Broussard to death—? There is evidence that the stab wounds contributed to the death, but that Broussard likely died of internal bleeding due to a failure of timely care at the emergency room.

o   Stab, with the intent to commit murder?  NO!

o   Stab, wantonly with the vendetta of a homophobic killer?  NO!

§  Jon, was not the leader of a racial, homophobic gang called the “Woodlands” Ten.  This term was coined by, Ray Hill, gay activist, in his pursuit to gain media support for the conviction of the 10 boys involved in the death of Paul Broussard.

§   Paul Broussard laid on the sidewalk for over and hour and a half before being transported to a non-trauma oriented hospital.  Ray Hill was called to the scene to motivate the paramedic’s to give aid to Paul. The paramedic’s on duty that night were not those that normally monitored the Montrose area and were probably afraid of Aids contamination.  Remember it was 1991 and little was known about the transmittal of Aids at the time and Paul was gay.

§  Paul Broussard was not transported by life-flight.

§  Paul Broussard laid on a gurney for an hour prior to receiving the surgical help of a physician.  The medical records bear this out.

§  The Physician’s diagnosis’s is not conclusive of the nature of Paul’s trauma and he is not medically secured in a manner that would sustain his life.  Exploratory surgery was minimal for his type of trauma. Paul’s wounds were a threefold injury, Trauma, contusions and two knife puncture wounds, not three. Other medical experts reviewing the autopsy report have seriously opinioned with proper E.R. care that Paul Broussard may have survived.

§  The sum of the three listed causes of death were not considered, at the time, life threatening by the attending physician for Paul had been coherent up to the point of admissions to the hospital. Paul had requested his transit to the hospital where he was cared for. (That hospital was not one of the top trauma centers in the Houston Medical Center). Paul signed all of his medical releases and insurance papers.  (Implying that he was coherent and semi-stable)

§  The knife wounds were not the immediate nor the sole cause in ending Paul’s life.  He had the wounds for nearly 6 hours prior to succumbing to the threefold injuries.

§  The knife wounds were of the puncture type. The pictures of Paul shown to the parole board and public have the surgical exploratory wounds of the autopsy leading one to conclude that Paul, as it was put it in the media, “…gutted like a deer”.  The knife wounds did not penetrate any vital organs.

§  The police report is written after the fact implying that Paul died on the scene.

Further facts prior to Jon going to prison never reported by the media are:

§  Jon waited for a year to go to trial.  He was released on $10,000 bond.  He lived on his own and possessed a valid U.S. passport.  He could have fled and did not.

§  Ray Hill, gay activist, fueled the media with sensationalism and what was to become hate crime rhetoric.  Ray gives the media most of the initial misinformation about the beating, stabbing and death of Paul Broussard that is still utilized.  Hill suggested it was a hate crime hoping to create public interest in assisting the police.  (Even now the original rhetoric is used although Ray has admitted he created the hate crime language. Hill has clearly changed his position about Jon and tried to purge the erroneous information from the media)

§  Jon’s crime was not processed under the current Hate Crime Laws.

§  Jon’s incompetent lawyer was not prepared to go to trial and falsely had Jon’s bond revoked the day prior to going to trial.  Justifying his actions through the media by implying that Jon was preparing to go to Korea where his stepmother was from.  Jon’s stepmother in fact is from Thailand not Korea, and Jon had no plans to leave.

§  Jon’s lawyer tells Jon that he must take the plea bargain of 45 years or else the district attorney will go for capital murder with the possibility of the death penalty.  There is rhetoric that a ring that Paul Broussard was wearing the night of the assault is missing. (This is important because a murder committed during the commission of another felony is a capital crime).  Later the ring is shown in the media by Paul’s family in remembrance of Paul. 

§  Jon is just barely 18 years old at the time and is frightened he will receive the death penalty and succumbs to acceptance of the plea.

§  Jon received 3 to 45 times the prison sentence of the others involved in the death of Paul Broussard who received sentences.  Jon did not have a trial. To our knowledge no hearings were conducted where evidence of any kind was introduced.  All defendants entered pleas of guilty.

Current facts about Jon:

§  Jon has a near flawless record in the TDCJ.  Only a few minor infractions and two major.  If you were to review the major infractions you might even ask yourself, ”For What” (Your children have done worse just being kids) There is no violence, no gang affiliation, and no legitimate lock down for any grave personal infraction of prison rules.  The claim of Jon’s improper relationship with a Chaplain has been disproven.  Both Jon and the Chaplin have passed polygraphs which included the question of this being a hate crime. The test reflected it was not a hate crime. The test also reflected Jon did not punch Broussard with a board nor kick him. 

§  Jon has proven himself to be non-racial, non-homophobic or a threat to prison personnel during his incarceration.  He is as close to being a trustee as possible considering the nature of his crime.

§  Jon has 3 College degrees.  2 Associates and 1 Bachelor’s from Sam Houston State University.  He graduated with honors with a 3.93 grade point average.

§  Jon is now in the Master Program at the University of Houston Clear Lake which conducts classes at the Ramsey Unit.  Jon currently has an “A” average.

§  Jon has 8 Microsoft Engineering certificates and 3 Cisco Systems Engineering certificates.  (I, Jon’s father, paid for the above computer education not the state)  (Jon received a grant for his BS contingent on maintaining a 3.5 or better grade point average) (Jon could not attend school of any type if in trouble with any TDCJ rules -  infractions)

§  Kahan claims Jon never apologized to the victim’s family. The law prohibits an inmate from contacting a victim’s family. However, when a member of the family applied to meet with Jon via the prison’s Restorative Justice Program, Jon accepted, but then the family backed out. Jon has given talks to victim’s rights forums and even written to the gay community about his involvement in Paul’s death.  He cannot by law write to Paul’s family for any reason. 

§  Jon is given set off after set off (a period of time given after an unsuccessful parole hearing) while Andy Kahan goes to speak before the Parole Board in violation of Government Codes, Section 508.117.

§  Ray Hill is now trying to help Jon secure his parole.  Ray has come to know Jon and knows that Jon did not plan or construe and carry out the stabbing of Paul Broussard just because he was gay.

§  Ray Hill also has stated on numerous occasions that based on what Jon has demonstrated over the past twenty two years that he deserves a chance to be free.

§  All infractions publicized by Andy Kahan in recent years have been proven to be without merit.  Andy Kahan is now under investigation for illegal activities in this his pursuit to keep Jon in prison.

I implore the Media to rectify their inaccurate position regarding my son Jon Buice.  I challenge the Media to resist the narrow mindedness of Andy Kahan and stop being a tool willed in ignorance by him.   I question the politician’s roles in Jon’s parole.  In particular those that know nothing of the case, especially those that use their power of office only to promote themselves to the Gay community.  I implore the Gay Community to stop being part of a ‘Pack Mentality’ similar to the one that caused Jon to react rather than respond to the actions of others that night in 1991.

You in the Public, reading this posting, please do not support Andy Kahan and his quest for fame and power over the parole processes.  Jon is not a threat to anyone in society today.  Jon is at the center of rhetorical untruths today.  While he has complied with all that has been asked of him by the judicial system these untruths bias the public to unjustly speak out and derail the parole board processes.  I ask that he be given fair a hearing and the misinformed Public and Media desist in their unethical biased and slanted opinions without solid foundations.

Get the facts.  Do not, without some viable research, continue to conduct a trial, become the jury and reconvict Jon.  Don’t be part of the Tabloids, Blogs and Internet media until recent times have over and over again, overshadowed his struggle to be worthy of freedom.  Jon has a lot to give to society and may well help others not pursue a path of reckless abandonment that could lead to incarceration such as his. 

James Buice

9/18/2013