Audio slide show: The taste of freedom

Bruce Lisker spent 26 years in prison for the murder of his mother in 1983. A federal judge overturned the conviction ruling that Lisker was prosecuted on “false evidence” and was poorly represented by his attorney.

By Photography by Luis Sinco and Robert Gauthier, audio by Luis Sinco

Sept. 16, 2014 3:16 PM PT

Produced by Marc Martin

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Robert Gauthier

Robert Gauthier has been with the Los Angeles Times since 1994. He was the photographer for a project detailing the failings of an L.A. public hospital that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for public service. Before The Times, Gauthier worked at the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Escondido Times-Advocate and the Bernardo News in San Diego County, his hometown.

Audio slide show: The taste of freedom

Bruce Lisker spent 26 years in prison for the murder of his mother in 1983. A federal judge overturned the conviction ruling that Lisker was prosecuted on “false evidence” and was poorly represented by his attorney.

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