Criminal Justice
Vox’s coverage of advances and failures of the American criminal justice system.
It’s now the first state in the South to legalize cannabis.
The city may put its police force under a department of public safety.
The Derek Chauvin trial is retraumatizing Black Americans.
The proposed law would put enormous power into police hands and potentially harm the ability to protest.
Police officers are rarely prosecuted in the US. Here’s why.
This week’s attack against an elderly Asian American woman and testimony in the Chauvin trial highlight the intricacies of when we are willing to act on behalf of others.
Why this trial feels different from other police trials.
New York is the 15th state to legalize marijuana.
A guide to the jurors, charges, and defense strategy in the trial of the former officer charged with killing George Floyd.
Murders surged in 2020. Here’s what we know.
Two police officers sought a fairly nonsensical exemption from the Fourth Amendment in Torres v. Madrid.
A majority of voters support universal background checks and an assault weapons ban.
We still don’t know why murders in the US rose so much. Here’s what we do know.
Two legal experts say the Voting Rights Act could be an effective blueprint for police reform.
The House recently passed universal background checks, but the bill faces long odds in the Senate.
Senate Democrats don’t yet have the votes for reform, but they appear to be agonizingly close.
Racism, misogyny, and anti-sex work stigma all intersect in the shootings that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent.
Six of the victims at the three businesses were Asian women.
“The issue of policing is really complex, and in Chinatown, we are an ideologically diverse group of people.”
Activists gathered in Louisville, and called for police reform.
Gun control is likely doomed in the Senate. But there are other options.
The bill would extend the waiting period for a background check to be returned — if the Senate is interested in adopting it.
The bill, like all gun control legislation over the past several years, will likely fail in the Senate.
The bill bans chokeholds and would end qualified immunity for police officers.
The 30-year-old Filipino Navy veteran was having a mental health crisis. Then the police arrived.
The president has the power to help reverse mass incarceration — but Biden hasn’t used that power yet.
Exploring the promise — and blind spots — of Carl Hart’s “Drug Use for Grown-Ups.”
Prude died after police handcuffed him, placed a mesh hood over his head, and pressed him onto the pavement.
Virginia used to execute more people than any state other than Texas. Now it’s abolishing executions.
The BREATHE Act is a bold plan to address police violence — and it’s made for this moment.
American policymakers should look beyond defeating the coronavirus.
Trump’s attempt to pressure Georgia officials could lead to felony charges.
Adam Coy, a white former officer, was also charged with improperly wearing his body camera in the shooting of Hill, an unarmed Black man.
To be a true crime fan is to have a troubled dependence on the police.
Gamergate should have armed us against bad actors and bad-faith arguments. It didn’t.
Lock them all up.
It is a felony to try to “find” 11,780 fake votes.
The number of death sentences and executions in the US has fallen off a cliff since the 1990s. 2020 continued that trend.
New research finds potential unintended consequences from “one of the greatest public health successes of the past 25 years.”
Trump’s pardons continue his use of presidential powers to benefit his friends and allies.