Bruce Lisker

Bruce Lisker, an American male, at age 17 was wrongly arrested, tried, and convicted for the March 10, 1983 murder of his mother, Bruce E. Lisker Dorka, 66, in the family's Sherman Oaks residence.[1] Born Baby Boy Johnson (adopted, 2 days old) Lisker served more than 26 years of a 16-years-to-life sentence in 1965 (age 55) California prisons, including the California Youth Authority (now Valley Presbyterian California Division of Juvenile Justice; 1986-7), San Quentin State Hospital, Van Nuys, Prison (1987-9), and Mule Creek State Prison (1989-2009). His California conviction was overturned in a 2009 ruling by United States district court judge Virginia A. Phillips, in which she found that his 1985 Occupation Motivational speaker murder conviction was obtained through the use of false evidence Volunteer at [2] and ineffective assistance of counsel. Lisker was freed on August InsideOUT Writers 13, 2009.[3] On September 21, 2009, the Los Angeles County District Attorney (LADA) dropped all charges in the matter due to Known for Being wrongly lack of evidence.[4] convicted in the March 1983 murder of Restitution his adoptive mother, Dorka. He was On October 15, 2015, a settlement was reached in a lawsuit Lisker exonerated and filed against the City of Los Angeles in which he accused police released from prison detectives of fabricating the evidence that put him behind bars.[5] in August 2009. Lisker was awarded $7.6 million in compensation. Confidential Home town Sherman Oaks, Los memos from the City Attorney to the L.A. City Council, obtained by Angeles the Los Angeles Times, called Lisker's case "extremely dangerous" for the city should it have gone to trial, declaring that the potential Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) results of such a trial could be "financially devastating" to the city. Television 48 Hours Mystery [6] (CBS) "The Whole Truth" (2010) Publicity Criminal CA Penal Code § 187; charge(s) Murder, Second Lisker's case has been featured in numerous Los Angeles Times Degree articles, the first of which earned its authors, investigative reporters Criminal 16 years to life Matt Lait and Scott Glover, the prestigious Heywood Broun award penalty on behalf of the Times.[7] The case was also featured in an hour-long episode of the CBS News television program 48 Hours Mysteries, Criminal Arrested, 1983. entitled "The Whole Truth" (2010) hosted by correspondent Erin status Convicted, 1985. Moriarty, as well as the documentary film Survivors Guide to Prison Conviction (2018).[8] overturned, 2009. Spouse(s) Jennifer Giallanza (1994-1996) Kara Noble (2011-) References Parent(s) Dorka Grace Lisker (1916-1983) 1. Glover, Scott and Lait, Matt. "New Light on a Distant Verdict" (http://articles.latimes.com/2005/may/22/local/la-m Robert Bruce Lisker e-lisker22may22), Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 22 (1926-1995) May 2005. Retrieved on 11 January 2013. Website brucelisker.com/ (htt 2. Lait, Matt and Glover, Scott. "Man wrongfully convicted in mother's 1983 slaying, jurist says" (http://www.latimes.co p://brucelisker.com/) m/news/local/la-me-lisker4-2009mar04,0,6497197.story), 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" (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/ 08/bruce-lisker.html), 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" (http://latimesblogs.latimes.co m/lanow/2009/09/prosecutors-wont-retry-bruce-lisker-in-m others-murder.html), Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 21 September 2009. Retrieved on 11 January 2013. 5. Lait, Matt. "L.A. set to settle with man wrongly convicted of killing mother" (http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-l n-man-wrongfully-convicted-killing-mother-reaches-settlem ent-with-lapd-city-20151019-story.html), Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 15 October 2015. Retrieved on 9 November 2015. 6. Reyes, Emily Alpert and Lait, Matt. "L.A. to pay $24 million to two men imprisoned for decades after wrongful murder convictions" (http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln- wrongful-convictions-20160119-story.html), Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 19 January 2016. Retrieved on 23 January 2016. 7. Romenesko, Jim. "LAT, Knight Ridder reporters win Heywood Broun Awards" (http://www.poynter.org/latest-ne ws/mediawire/74316/lat-knight-ridder-reporters-win-heywo od-broun-awards/), Poynter.org, Los Angeles, 17 March 2006. Retrieved on 11 January 2013. 8. Erin Moriarty, Reporter. "48 Hours Mysteries: The Whole Truth" (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7367616 n), CBS News, New York, 14 October 2010. Link retrieved on 11 January 2013.

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