Bruce Lisker

Bruce E. Lisker
Born Baby Boy Johnson (adopted, 2 days old)
1965
Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, California
Residence San Fernando Valley, California
Occupation
Known for Being wrongly convicted in the March 1983 murder of his adoptive mother, Dorka. He was exonerated and released from prison in August 2009.
Home town Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg)
Television 48 Hours Mystery (CBS) "The Whole Truth" (2010)
Criminal charge CA Penal Code § 187; Murder, Second Degree
Criminal penalty 16 years to life
Criminal status Convicted, 1985. Conviction overturned, 2009.
Spouse(s) Kara Noble (m. 2011)
Parent(s) Dorka Grace Lisker (1916-1983)
Robert Bruce Lisker (1926-1995)
Website brucelisker.com/

Bruce Lisker, an American male, at age 17 was wrongly arrested, tried, and convicted for the March 10, 1983 murder of his mother, Dorka, 66, in the family's Sherman Oaks residence.[1]

Lisker served more than 26 years of a 16-years-to-life sentence in California prisons, including the California Youth Authority (now California Division of Juvenile Justice; 1986-7), San Quentin State Prison (1987-9), and Mule Creek State Prison (1989-2009). His conviction was overturned in a 2009 ruling by United States district court judge Virginia A. Phillips, in which she found that his 1985 murder conviction was obtained through the use of false evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel.[2]

Lisker was freed on August 13, 2009.[3]

Initially asserting their intention to retry Lisker, on September 21, 2009, the Los Angeles County District Attorney instead dropped all charges, saying they were unable to proceed due to lack of evidence.[4]

On August 13, 2011, the two-year anniversary of his release, Lisker married Kara Noble, a woman he had met during his time in prison.[5]

On October 15, 2015, the Los Angeles Times reported that a settlement had been reached in a lawsuit Lisker filed against the City of Los Angeles in which Lisker accused police detectives of fabricating evidence to put him behind bars for 26 years.[6] On January 19, 2016, the Los Angeles City Council agreed to the terms of the settlement, awarding Lisker $7.6 million in compensation for his wrongful conviction and imprisonment. Confidential memos from the City Attorney to the Council, obtained by the Los Angeles Times, called Lisker's case "extremely dangerous" for the city should it have gone to trial, declaring that the potential results of such a trial could be "financially devastating" to the city. [7]

Lisker's case has been featured in numerous Los Angeles Times articles, the first of which earned its authors, investigative reporters Matt Lait and Scott Glover, the prestigious Heywood Broun award on behalf of the Times.[8] The case was also featured in an hour-long episode of the CBS News television program 48 Hours Mysteries, entitled "The Whole Truth" (2010) hosted by correspondent Erin Moriarty, as well as the documentary film Survivors Guide to Prison (2018).[9]

References

  1. ↑ Glover, Scott and Lait, Matt. "New Light on a Distant Verdict", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 22 May 2005. Retrieved on 11 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Lait, Matt and Glover, Scott. "Man wrongfully convicted in mother's 1983 slaying, jurist says", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 4 March 2009. Retrieved on 11 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Lait, Matt. "Bruce Lisker walks out of prison, but not yet entirely free", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 13 August 2009. Retrieved on 11 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Lait, Matt and Glover, Scott. "Prosecutors won't retry Bruce Lisker in mother's slaying", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 21 September 2009. Retrieved on 11 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Schneider, Iris. "Lisker Chronicles: Bruce and Kara get married", LAobserved.com, Los Angeles, 15 August 2011. Retrieved on 23 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Lait, Matt. "L.A. set to settle with man wrongly convicted of killing mother", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 15 October 2015. Retrieved on 9 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Reyes, Emily Alpert and Lait, Matt. "L.A. to pay $24 million to two men imprisoned for decades after wrongful murder convictions", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 19 January 2016. Retrieved on 23 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Romenesko, Jim. "LAT, Knight Ridder reporters win Heywood Broun Awards", Poynter.org, Los Angeles, 17 March 2006. Retrieved on 11 January 2013.
  9. ↑ Erin Moriarty, Reporter. "48 Hours Mysteries: The Whole Truth", CBS News, New York, 14 October 2010. Link retrieved on 11 January 2013.
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