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Bruce E. Lisker
Born
Baby Boy Johnson (adopted at 2 days)
1965 (1965) (age 59)
Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, California
Occupations
Motivational speaker
Volunteer at The Freedom to Choose Project
Known for
Wrongly convicted for the 1983 murder of his adoptive mother, Dorka. He was exonerated and released from prison in 2009.
Notable work
Survivors Guide to Prison (2018)
Television
48 Hours Mystery (CBS) "The Whole Truth" (2010)
Height
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Criminal charge(s)
CA Penal Code § 187; Murder, Second Degree
Criminal penalty
16 years to life
Criminal status
Arrested 1983
Convicted 1985
Conviction overturned 2009
Website
brucelisker.com
Bruce Lisker is an American man who at age 17 was wrongly arrested, tried, and convicted for the March 10, 1983 murder of his adoptive mother Dorka, 66, in the family's Sherman Oaks residence.[1]
Lisker served 26 years, 5 months, and 3 days of a 16-years-to-life sentence in California prisons including the California Youth Authority (now the California Division of Juvenile Justice; 1986–87), San Quentin State Prison (1987-89), 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]
On September 21, 2009, the Los Angeles County District Attorney (LADA) dropped all charges in the matter due to lack of evidence.[4]
^Glover, Scott and Lait, Matt. "New Light on a Distant Verdict", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 22 May 2005. Retrieved on 11 January 2013.
^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.
^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.
^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.
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