Jerry Brown's office accused of playing politics over freed inmate

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Source: Los Angeles Times

An attorney for a man wrongly convicted of murder accused California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown's office Thursday of waiting until after the November election to seek to return the man to prison on a technicality.

Jim Humes, Brown's chief deputy, said politics played no role in the proposed delay, saying the attorney general needed extra time to examine the case.

"We would like some more time to think about this," Humes said in a telephone interview Thursday. "I know cares about this case and wants to consider it fully" before making a decision about whether to proceed with the motion.

But attorney William Genego, who represents freed inmate Bruce Lisker, said he believes the request is designed to push the controversial matter until after the election.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lisker-20100917,0,4553964.story

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Background on the Lisker case:

Lisker, 45, was convicted of killing his mother in 1985. He was released from prison last year after a judge found that he was convicted on "false evidence" and had been inadequately represented by his trial attorney. The judge's findings mirrored those of a 2005 Times investigation that raised questions about key elements of the prosecution's case against Lisker and exposed the Los Angeles Police Department's murder investigation as sloppy and incomplete.