Frontline

2010 TV-MA 1h 23m 8.5

Frontline looks at the case of Norfolk Four in which four men were convicted of the rape and murder of a woman on the basis of coerced confessions.

In this edition of the investigative PBS series, show producer Ofra Bikel looks into the case of four U.S. Navy seamen living in the hellish aftermath of falsely confessing to the 1997 rape and murder of a Virginia woman. Through interviews with the convicted men, Bikel exposes the high-pressure interrogation methods used by police to extract confessions despite the absence of evidence connecting the sailors to the crime.

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Studio(s): Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Originally Released: Nov 09, 2010

Genres: Documentary