Bruce Lisker: Is He Innocent?
Update 5/24: 5 of the jurors who convicted Bruce Lisker now say they would not have convicted him had they known about the possible involvement of a second person:
"I feel that I made a mistake," juror Linda R. Kelly, a retiree living in San Diego County, told the Los Angeles Times for an article published Tuesday. "Hopefully, he will get a new trial and he can have the rest of his life."
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original post: 5/21/05
22 years ago, a teenager named Bruce Lisker called 911 screaming:
It was 11:26 a.m. on March 10, 1983. "My mom — she's been stabbed!" Bruce Lisker cried into the phone. "She's been stabbed.
Later, when the officers arrived,
"Do you believe in God?" a tearful Lisker asked one of the officers. "Will you pray for my mother?"
Lisker was convicted and has been in jail ever since. But the now-retired prosecutor who put him there found he couldn't sleep at night and began reinvestigating the case. Obsessively. And now, he's not sure. Many now believe the killer was someone named Michael Ryan Jr., who later committed suicide.
This is a fascinating, very long and as the Times calls it, "haunting" article of a case of possible innocence. It's 15 online pages and will appear in tomorrow's LA Times Magazine section.
If you're looking for a good read today, this is it. Then go check out Lisker's website, Free Bruce.
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