In this special episode of Crime Beat, you will meet Janine Madera, a fierce advocate for justice who works as a homicide prosecutor in the Orange County District Attorney's Office. She has tried 72 trials and won 57 convictions without hearing a word of testimony. Madera is deaf and operates in the courtroom with strategically placed sign language interpreters. But her deafness isn't the most important part of her story. Janine Madera was raped as a child, and she decided as a pre-teen that she was going to someday work to put criminals behind bars.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this special episode of Crime Beat, you will meet Janine Madera, a fierce advocate for justice who works as a homicide prosecutor in the Orange County District Attorney's Office. She has tried 72 trials and won 57 convictions without hearing a word of testimony. Madera is deaf and operates in the courtroom with strategically placed sign language interpreters. But her deafness isn't the most important part of her story. Janine Madera was raped as a child, and she decided as a pre-teen that she was going to someday work to put criminals behind bars.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In this special episode of Crime Beat, you will meet Janine Madera, a fierce advocate for justice who works as a homicide prosecutor in the Orange County District Attorney's Office. She has tried 72 trials and won 57 convictions without hearing a word...

Bonus Episode: Loud in the Silence

The "Crime Beat" team offers insight into Season 2 at a Coast Conversation event, and we wrap the season with updates on what is going on with key people you met along the way.

<description>&lt;p&gt;The "Crime Beat" team offers insight into Season 2 at a Coast Conversation event, and we wrap the season with updates on what is going on with key people you met along the way.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The "Crime Beat" team offers insight into Season 2 at a Coast Conversation event, and we wrap the season with updates on what is going on with key people you met along the way.

S2, Ep. 14: Questions and Answers

Xavier Lopez gave a final statement that proved truth still wasn't part of his defense strategy.

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S2, Ep. 13: Xavier's Final Guilty Plea

You will hear the entire interview with Sam Lopez from the day Cathy Torrez's body was found.

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You will hear the entire interview with Sam Lopez from the day Cathy Torrez's body was found.

S2, Ep. 12: Sam's Interview

Detective Daron Wyatt takes us on a tour of Placentia to show where and how Cathy's murder took place.

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Detective Daron Wyatt takes us on a tour of Placentia to show where and how Cathy's murder took place.

S2, Ep. 11: The Murder Tour

The Crime Beat podcast digs deep into fascinating true crime stories, exploring new twists along the way with award-winning Southern California News Group reporter Keith Sharon’s fresh interviews of criminal masterminds, some of their victims and the detectives trying to piece together what really happened. Each season explores a different crime, beginning with the biggest bank heist in American history.

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