Criminal Justice
Vox’s coverage of advances and failures of the American criminal justice system.
The murder case against Richard Glossip is so weak that even Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general says he should not be executed.
The scorched-earth fight over gun control obscures a key idea that could actually save lives: prioritizing gun storage.
A shooting at a Texas prom party highlights the huge toll of gun violence on kids and teens in the US.
This week’s flurry of mass shootings has put the US on track for record mass killings this year.
Studies show such policies lead to more violence. This week’s shootings fuel those concerns.
What we know about the shooting of a Black Kansas City teen — and the charges the shooter faces.
Two teens have been charged in the mass shooting at a Sweet 16 party that left four dead and dozens injured.
After the Nashville shooting, there are still gaping holes in Tennessee’s background check system.
There were multiple casualties in a shooting at a downtown bank.
The Louisville shooting is the latest such incident, though they remain rare.
Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson have both been reinstated to their seats by local county commissions.
Biden has called for an assault weapons ban after recent mass shootings. Why hasn’t Congress acted?
Is Florida really a national model for public safety?
Republicans voted to remove Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, two Black men, but declined to expel Rep. Gloria Johnson, a white woman.
A new report identifies more than 150 clergy members in Maryland who abused at least 600 victims over six decades.
Trump’s arraignment in New York is only the beginning.
We asked four political strategists and pollsters about what could come next.
People are scared of urban centers. They shouldn’t be.
A shooting on Monday has left at least three students and three adults dead.
Multiple far-right lawmakers and commentators responded to the shooting with transphobic statements.
Guns kill more young Americans than cars now, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Uvalde joins America’s long list of horrific school shootings.
Five years later, David Hogg and Rep. Maxwell Frost reflect on the impact of the March for Our Lives demonstration in Washington, DC.
Two activists were just acquitted for taking factory-farmed chickens worth $16.
Incumbent mayors in Chicago almost never lose a reelection bid. But Lori Lightfoot ran into an issue that’s plaguing Democrats across the country.
How traffic stops became so dangerous for Black drivers.
Did El Chapo have a double agent in the Mexican government?
Five Memphis police officers are facing murder charges over Nichols’s death.
Five Memphis police officers were charged with second-degree murder, and protests sprang up nationwide after Memphis released video footage of the assault.
With Tops supermarket set to reopen soon, progressive activist India Walton says, “Buffalo is back to business as usual.”
The state’s “red flag law” should have prevented him from obtaining a gun.
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We’re starting to see the fallout from the Supreme Court’s most recent Second Amendment decision.
Taking a new look at one of the most commonly adopted police reforms in the country.
New calls for police reform face old Democratic and Republican divisions in Congress.
The longtime opponent of free speech adds the Sixth and Eighth Amendments to the list of constitutional rights he wants to abridge.
Body camera footage shows Memphis police viciously beating Nichols, who died three days later.
“It’s been really hard to process all of this.”
The Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay shooters don’t fit the typical profile of a violent criminal.
California has banned assault weapons and high-capacity magazines like those used in Saturday’s attack for decades.