Poll Shows More Americans Are Losing Trust in US Criminal Justice System

58 percent of Americans say the U.S. criminal justice system is not tough enough in handling of crime, a sharp plunge from 41 percent who said so in 2020.

The exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, on Sept. 28, 2020. Al Drago/Getty Images

More Americans are losing trust in the U.S. criminal justice system as they are more divided on how to address criminal problems in the United States, a recent poll shows.

According to a Gallup poll released on Nov. 16, 58 percent of Americans say the U.S. criminal justice system is not tough enough to handle crime—a sharp plunge from 41 percent who said so in the 2020 poll.