Pandora's Box: The Fall of L.A.'s Sheriff
LAT Studios, Los Angeles TimesPandora’s Box: The Fall of L.A.’s Sheriff is a six-part podcast exploring the crisis that toppled one of the country’s most prominent lawmen, Lee Baca. Rising from humble beginnings, he presented himself as a reformer when he took over the scandal-plagued agency in 1998. He vowed that he would be sheriff as long as he lived, and voters seemed to approve. But inside the massive jail system he ran, ... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 7 | Founded | 4 months ago |
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Here is a sneak peak at the new season of another Los Angeles Times Studios podcast called "Crimes of the Times." In the show, L.A. Times staff writer Christopher Goffard revisits old crimes in Los Angeles and beyond, from the famous to the forgotten... more
James Sexton endures weeks of solitary confinement in federal prison, as prosecutors finally gear up to take Lee Baca to trial. Baca’s lawyers claim he has Alzheimer’s Disease. It’s late 2016, and the recent presidential race has made the FBI unpopul... more
The feds interview Baca’s flinty #2 man and heir apparent, Paul Tanaka, who professes ignorance about who gave the order to hide Anthony Brown. In 2013, as the FBI probe enters its fifth year, feds finally get a chance to grill Baca. He touts his ach... more
James Sexton thinks Operation Pandora’s Box is behind him. When he reports a superior officer for misconduct, he is branded a snitch and treated as a pariah. Ostracized and scared, he does what he once thought unthinkable: he begins feeding informati... more
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This show presents serialized, deep-dive investigations into major U.S. law-enforcement scandals, with a strong focus on how internal cultures, political pressures, and federal inquiries intersect to expose misconduct. Across episodes, the narrative threads together insider accounts from prosecutors, inmates, federal agents, and officers, detailing how abuses within jail systems were uncovered, challenged, and prosecuted. The storytelling blends archival reporting, firsthand testimonies, and courtroom drama to illuminate accountability, reform, and the human toll of systemic wrongdoing. A notable strength is its ability to translate complex investigations into accessible, character-driven stories that reveal the stakes for both public safet... more
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