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Bruce Lisker (born 1965) is an American who was wrongfully convicted of the 1983 murder of his adoptive mother, Dorka Lisker. Arrested in 1983 at age 17 and convicted of second-degree murder in 1985, he served more than 26 years of a 16-years-to-life sentence before a United States district court overturned the conviction in 2009 and all charges were dismissed later that year.
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Podcast episodes
- Ep. 05 - Exonerated Man Bruce Lisker - Part 2The Chat with Claire Fordham · 2017
- #121 The Tale of Righting Wrongs: The Wrongful Conviction of Bruce Lisker [Part 2]The Killafornia Dreaming Podcast · 2019
- #120 The Tale of Righting Wrongs: The Wrongful Conviction of Bruce Lisker [Part 1]The Killafornia Dreaming Podcast · 2019
- The Collapse of a Conviction: How an LAPD Cop and Two Journalists Unraveled the Case Against Bruce LiskerFor the Innocent · 2025
- Bruce Lisker and the Man Who Saved His Life: Exclusive InterviewBehavior Bitches · 2020
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