Bruce Lisker

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	16 years to life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	26.43
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1985
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California
County or Region of Crime:	Los Angeles
City of Crime:	Los Angeles
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Bruce Lisker was wrongly convicted in Los Angeles County in 1985 of murdering his mother in 1983 when he was 17-years-old. Tried as an adult, Bruce Lisker was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison. His state appeals were denied, but he did not file a federal habeas petition. In 2003 Lisker filed a state habeas corpus petition based on new evidence of his innocence. After it was denied he filed a petition in federal court in 2004. After 5-1/2 years of procedural manuevering, US District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips granted Lisker's petition on August 6, 2009. Lisker was released on bond on August 13, 2009 after 26 years, 5 months and 4 days of incarceration from the time of his 1983 arrest. The charges were dismissed on September 21, 2009, after the Los Angeles County District Attorney declined to retry him. Lisker filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and police officers involved in his prosecution. In January 2016 Los Angeles agreed to settle the lawsuit for $7.6 million. Bruce Lisker was represented in his civil suit by the New York City lawfirm of Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP. Two of the partners in NS&B are Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, co-founders of the non-profit Innocence Project in New York."
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Innocence Proved By:	"US District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips granted Lisker's petition on August 6, 2009. Lisker was released on bond on August 13, 2009 after 26 years, 5 months and 4 days of incarceration from the time of his 1983 arrest. The charges were dismissed on September 21, 2009, after the Los Angeles County District Attorney declined to retry him."
Defendant Aided By:	"Bruce Lisker was represented in his civil suit by the New York City lawfirm of Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP. Two of the partners in NS&B are Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, co-founders of the non-profit Innocence Project in New York."
Compensation Awarded:	"$7.6 mil. (City of Los Angeles, Jan. 2016)"
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	17
Age When Released:	43
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Lisker v Knowles, No. CV-04-02687 (USDC CDCA, 08-06-2009) - Order adopting magistrates report and recommendation"
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Information Source 2:	"Lisker v Knowles No. CV-04-02687 (usdc cdca, 03-02-2009) - Magistrates 2nd report and recommendation"
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Information Source 3:	"Bruce Lisker won't be retried for 1983 slaying of his mother, By Matt Lait and Scott Glover, The Los Angeles Times, September 21, 2009"
Information Location 3:	"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lisker22-2009sep22,0,6232752.story"
Information Source 4:	"L.A. to pay $24 million to two men imprisoned for decades after wrongful murder convictions, By Emily Alpert Reyes and Matt Lait, The Los Angeles Times, January 19, 2016"
Information Location 4:	http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-wrongful-convictions-20160119-story.html
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Bruce Lisker

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

16 years to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

26.43

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1985

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California

County or Region of Crime:

Los Angeles

City of Crime:

Los Angeles

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

"Bruce Lisker was represented in his civil suit by the New York City lawfirm of Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, LLP. Two of the partners in NS&B are Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, co-founders of the non-profit Innocence Project in New York."

Compensation Awarded:

"$7.6 mil. (City of Los Angeles, Jan. 2016)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

17

Age When Released:

43

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Lisker v Knowles, No. CV-04-02687 (USDC CDCA, 08-06-2009) - Order adopting magistrates report and recommendation"

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Information Source 2:

"Lisker v Knowles No. CV-04-02687 (usdc cdca, 03-02-2009) - Magistrates 2nd report and recommendation"

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Information Source 3:

"Bruce Lisker won't be retried for 1983 slaying of his mother, By Matt Lait and Scott Glover, The Los Angeles Times, September 21, 2009"

Information Location 3:

"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lisker22-2009sep22,0,6232752.story"

Information Source 4:

"L.A. to pay $24 million to two men imprisoned for decades after wrongful murder convictions, By Emily Alpert Reyes and Matt Lait, The Los Angeles Times, January 19, 2016"

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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-wrongful-convictions-20160119-story.html

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