Bruce Lisker waves to media members minutes after his release from Mule Creek State Prison. He spent more than 26 years behind bars for the murder of his mother. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Bruce Lisker is embraced by friend and supporter Jenny Giallanza, who met him at a mini-mart in Lodi. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Bruce Lisker expresses relief as he sits down to eat breakfast at an International House of Pancakes. He once again was able to use a knife, a utensil that was banned in prison. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Bruce Lisker takes his first bite of freedom in the form of scrambled eggs, sausage and pancakes at IHOP, a place his parents used to take him when he was a child. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Bruce Lisker receives a warm embrace from Jerry Weinstock, his stepmother’s widower, as he arrives at his Encino home after a long drive from Mule Creek State Prison in Ione. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Bruce Lisker laughs with frustration as he tries to coax water from a touchless faucet in a gas station restroom. It was another thing he wasn’t familiar with after 26 years behind bars. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
