Interview With Nga Truong

WBUR and reporter David Boeri detailed the 2008 interrogation of teenager Nga Truong by Worcester police that led to her arrest on the charge of murdering her baby. Videotape of the full interrogation, recorded by the Worcester Police and obtained by WBUR after it went to court, raises troubling questions about the coercive power of detectives who are driven to extract confessions. It suggests how people might admit to crimes they may have not committed. Three years after her baby's death and the interrogation which led to her being jailed for two years and eight months, Nga reflects about the ordeal. To see and hear more go to WBUR website:http://www.wbur.org/2011/12/07/worcester-coerced-confession-i and the NPR website: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/02/144489360/how-a-teens-coerced-confession-set-he...

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[fugazi0311]

This is so sad what happened to her. The fact that she ended up in prison for years due to common police interrogation techniques is horrendous.

[iRockU96]

i hate that the investigators that did this to her still have their jobs and are still backed by their police department. so disgusting.

[DarthAdamRG]

This is shocking, just another reason I will never visit america. This sort of thing is sick.

[jubalboytoo]

There she sits - Lisa Gigliotti - pointing her fingers (rightfully so) so at the police, but failing to take responsibility for her agencies culpability in letting this child suffer so in the hands of the system. Hundreds of people could have and should have helped her years ago, but didn't. Why is it ok for child protective services and police to abuse children? Make them criminally responsible, hold them accountable for their stupidity at best and evilness if the truth be know.

[jubalboytoo]

Fine, where was Lisa Gigliotti, Social Service Advocate with the Committee for Public Counsel, Youth Advocacy Division the 3 years Nga was a child locked up in Solitary Confinement and later in population w/ murders, drug dealers, prostitutes. I am glad that they are helping her now- but she would have been better served if this so-called Youth Advocacy Division had bothered to contact her when she was sixteen and sitting in a cold jail cell, scared and mourning her child. Too little too late.

[knucklez2]

What outrages me more than the actions of these scumbag, morally bankrupt cops is how complacent and weak the American people have become. People should be outraged that these kind of events are common practice among US police officers. The US has 25% of THE ENTIRE WORLD'S PRISON POPULATION. The entire system perpetuates more 'criminals' every day. Wake up America! How short does the government's leash have to become before you care? You seem fine as long as American Idol is showing.

[stalkingalizee]

Jail straightened her out... good. She killed the babies and served three years... good. Justice is served.

[whikor]

@iRockU96 agreed.. why cant she sue them? it could bring more heat on the department.. forcing them to punish or fire these investigators..

"Truong has been free for just four months. She says she's struggling to rebuild her life, but she's no longer angry at the police — they were just doing their job." - NPR website

so Truong thinks these guys were just doing their job.. but they weren't doing it properly.. these stories are so frustrating and infuriating

[northmetalguy]

im so supprised that americans are not infuriated by the conduct of the american police

[madhumati11]

in the usa, never ever ever confess or talk to detectives. your confession is final word, even if u are innocent. unlike in iindia where confessions extracted by the police does not mean anything in the court.

[Sheyper1]

This makes me angry. Where was her lawyer? This cops we're bullies. They both should have been suspended or fired. The police department should have been sued for they're treatment. I pray for blessings to Nga and her family, that his love shines down on her and that He gives her favor in all she does....