Full Coverage: The case of Bruce Lisker
Bruce Lisker, wrongfully convicted of murder in 1983, served 26 years in prison before a federal judge decided prosecutors had presented false evidence. The judge ordered Lisker to be released in 2009, and the state dropped charges.
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Two former LAPD detectives who allegedly framed a man for his mother’s death can be held liable in a lawsuit, a federal appeals court decided Friday.
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The evidence seemed overwhelming 20 years ago when Bruce Lisker was convicted of killing his mother in a fit of rage. Was justice served?
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A San Fernando Valley man serving a life sentence in state prison for the 1983 beating and stabbing death of his mother was wrongfully convicted and should be retried or set free, a federal magistrate judge in Los Angeles has recommended.
