Bruce Lisker Wrongful Conviction Survivor
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My Writings

Portrait of a Frame-Up (2026) five essays

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Essay 01 · The Marking Not My First Rodeo Not the first time in my life I was singled out and marked as the one to blame. 05·12·2026 Read → Essay 02 · Honor & Betrayal The Few. The Proud. The Forsworn. Duty, honor, and oath-breaking — and the men who swore falsely to put me away. 05·10·2026 Read → Essay 03 · Statistical Evidence One Chance in Twenty-Four What the actual odds reveal about the case the prosecution built against me. Forthcoming Essay 04 · The Reckoning How Fucked Was I? Let Me Count the Ways… A clear-eyed tally of everything that was stacked against an innocent teenager. Forthcoming Essay 05 · Coerced Cooperation The Polygraph as Theater How a polygraph became a stage for coercion instead of a search for the truth. Forthcoming

Forthcoming essays are still being written. Each opens behind a passphrase; the black bars are decoration and don’t hide any text.

My 51-Day Court Odyssey (2005–2006) a story
November 21, 2005 — January 11, 2006 Fifty-one days of prison buses, metal cages and a fluorescent hell called the Cypress Day Room. At the end of it, one federal hearing: the one that would shape the rest of my life, and lead, at long, long last, to justice. Read the story →
Prison Poetry (1987–2002) forty-five pieces

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