Criminal Justice
Vox’s coverage of advances and failures of the American criminal justice system.
Here are three possible explanations.
Luigi Mangione was charged with murdering a health care CEO. The internet responded with a flood of support.
The killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO may be the first time a “ghost gun” was used in a high-profile shooting.
Pricey, legal weed is great news — for the black market.
His second term could mean fewer federal investigations, and settlements, for police misconduct.
Land of the free, home of the blazed.
Have presidents pardoned their family before? How could Biden still use his pardon powers?
The incoming president appears committed to placing awesome prosecutorial power in the hands of his loyalists.
Gaetz was a reckless pick, even by Trump’s standards.
Investors in private prisons think they’ve hit the jackpot with a second Trump presidency.
Turns out all of those indictments were pointless.
The backlash to criminal justice reform continues.
A mysterious Supreme Court case could change everything about criminal punishment.
Robert Roberson was sentenced to die on a theory that’s now widely viewed with skepticism by medical experts.
Multiple Florida jails opted not to evacuate despite being in the storm’s direct trajectory.
It’s unclear how the Supreme Court will resolve an unusually messy death penalty case.
The justices appear skeptical of “ghost guns.”
The state’s Republican attorney general took the rare step of asking the Supreme Court to set aside Richard Glossip’s capital conviction.
The Court considers legalizing “ghost guns,” untraceable weapons that evade laws intended to keep guns away from criminals.
The justices return to Washington after an unforgivable betrayal.
Concerns about evidence handling and bias in jury selection have fueled outcry.
The factors that lead to tragedies like the Birmingham shooting are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law.
Thomas Abt’s Bleeding Out has become foundational in tackling urban violence across the US.
Hill was subject to a violent traffic stop that put another spotlight on police brutality.
First Jennifer and James Crumbley were charged; now it’s Colin Gray, father of the Apalachee school shooting suspect.
Apalachee High School in Georgia is the latest in a long list of school shootings. Here’s what experts say can help.
The Supreme Court’s Bruen decision will keep on creating chaos until it is overruled.
Calling Donald Trump a felon doesn’t hurt him — but it does do real damage to others.
It is important to hang onto grudges against the Supreme Court.
The end of psychedelic prohibition will have to wait a little while longer.
Donald Trump says crime is out of control. The facts say otherwise.
We are living through an inflection point in America’s relationship with guns. There may be no going back.
Schumer wants to engage in jurisdiction stripping, a rarely used tactic that can shrink the Supreme Court’s authority.
It’s the end of a drawn-out legal process, haunted by the failure of the war on terror.
The vice president’s days as a California prosecutor are difficult to define in clear ideological terms.
It adds to a long and disturbing pattern of police violence toward Black Americans.
Dozens of other democracies have short election cycles. Can the Democrats learn something from them?
A new report outlines policy options for who gets to sell psychedelics, and who gets to buy them.
The Trump assassination attempt and many other public crimes in America are committed by isolated young men.