Anatomy Of A Bad ConfessionWBUR's 2011 investigative series on the 2008 interrogation of a teenager by Worcester police.Woman In Tossed-Out Confession Gets $2.1M Settlement From WorcesterNga Truong was 16 years old at the time of her arrest and spent nearly three years in jail, before prosecutors dropped the charges. PlayAll Things Considered04:58Jun 30, 2016Worcester Says Nga Truong's Lawyer To Blame For Time She Spent Behind Bars The city says her lawyer took too long to prove her confession that she killed her son was coerced, a charge other lawyers say is unprecedented.PlayLocal Coverage05:07Aug 23, 2013Advertisement Worcester Responds To Nga Truong Lawsuit With 'Unusual' Argument Nga Truong filed a suit against the city after spending three years in prison awaiting trial on charges brought on the basis of a confession a judge later said was...PlayLocal Coverage03:33Feb 28, 2013Lawsuit Filed In Thrown-Out Worcester ConfessionNga Truong, 21, is suing the city of Worcester after she spent almost three years in jail before being freed on a charge of murdering her toddler son.PlayLocal Coverage06:05Dec 4, 2012Questions Remain In Coerced Worcester ConfessionWe follow-up on a coerced confession involving a 16-year-old girl charged with murdering her 13-month-old son. The Worcester Police Department has still not made an accounting.PlayLocal Coverage06:46Feb 16, 2012Anatomy Of A Bad Confession, Part 2We continue our special report on a coerced murder confession by exploring how the case fell apart and what, if anything, has changed in the Worcester Police Department. We also...PlayLocal Coverage12:57Dec 8, 2011Anatomy Of A Bad Confession, Part 1In 2008, two Worcester detectives spent two hours interrogating a 16-year-old girl whose baby son had just died, until they forced from her what was later judged a coerced confession...PlayLocal Coverage13:15Dec 7, 2011Videos: Anatomy Of A Bad ConfessionSee exclusive interrogation videos from our special report. And watch as WBUR's David Boeri reflects on the case.Local CoverageDec 7, 2011
Woman In Tossed-Out Confession Gets $2.1M Settlement From WorcesterNga Truong was 16 years old at the time of her arrest and spent nearly three years in jail, before prosecutors dropped the charges. PlayAll Things Considered04:58Jun 30, 2016
Worcester Says Nga Truong's Lawyer To Blame For Time She Spent Behind Bars The city says her lawyer took too long to prove her confession that she killed her son was coerced, a charge other lawyers say is unprecedented.PlayLocal Coverage05:07Aug 23, 2013
Worcester Responds To Nga Truong Lawsuit With 'Unusual' Argument Nga Truong filed a suit against the city after spending three years in prison awaiting trial on charges brought on the basis of a confession a judge later said was...PlayLocal Coverage03:33Feb 28, 2013
Lawsuit Filed In Thrown-Out Worcester ConfessionNga Truong, 21, is suing the city of Worcester after she spent almost three years in jail before being freed on a charge of murdering her toddler son.PlayLocal Coverage06:05Dec 4, 2012
Questions Remain In Coerced Worcester ConfessionWe follow-up on a coerced confession involving a 16-year-old girl charged with murdering her 13-month-old son. The Worcester Police Department has still not made an accounting.PlayLocal Coverage06:46Feb 16, 2012
Anatomy Of A Bad Confession, Part 2We continue our special report on a coerced murder confession by exploring how the case fell apart and what, if anything, has changed in the Worcester Police Department. We also...PlayLocal Coverage12:57Dec 8, 2011
Anatomy Of A Bad Confession, Part 1In 2008, two Worcester detectives spent two hours interrogating a 16-year-old girl whose baby son had just died, until they forced from her what was later judged a coerced confession...PlayLocal Coverage13:15Dec 7, 2011
Videos: Anatomy Of A Bad ConfessionSee exclusive interrogation videos from our special report. And watch as WBUR's David Boeri reflects on the case.Local CoverageDec 7, 2011