shooting to those gunned down from sandy hook. cnn s jean casarez has a look at the top story of 2022. reporter: mass shootings, explosive revelations in court, and the pardoning of thousands of americans, the most gripping crime and justice stories of 2022. number 10, an inmate and his jailer together and on the run. a manhunt is under way in alabama. reporter: police say lauderdale county alabama assistant director of directions vicki white helped casey white escape, walking him out the door on the day she was set to retire. the two were not related but may have had a clandestine romantic relationship authorities said. she was a long-time trusted employee at our jail and she just exploited the system. reporter: on the run for 11
shooting is happened, and people are not cooperating. the suspects are expected to be charged with second-degree murder. it s just one of the heartbreaking tragedies and long-awaited justice. cnn s jean casarez has a look. reporter: mass shootings, explosive revelations in court, and the pardoning of thousands of americans. the most gripping crime-and-justice stories of 2022. number ten, an inmate and his jailers together and on the run. a manhunt is underway. police say assistant director of corrections vicky white helped casey white escape, walking him
crime & justice stories of 2022. number ten, an inmate and his jailer together and on the run. a manhunt is on the way in alabama. reporter: police say lauderdale, alabama, victory white walked out the door with an inmate on the day he/she was set to retire. two were not related but may have had a clandestine relationship. she was a longtime trusted employee at our janld she just exploited the system. reporter: on the run for 11 days, the pair were eventually spotted in indiana. police there gave chase, which ended in the car crashing. vicky white shot and killed herself. casey white was charged with escape and taken back to jail in alabama. number nine, thousands of
elon musk s takeover, and the market turmoil raised prices at the pump. these are the top business stories of 2022. number ten. crypto crashed, amid the downfall of its exchange. even flashy super bowl ads i don t think so. reporter: couldn t hold off the chill of a crypto winter, as investors ditched risky assets. has the crypto bubble finally burst? reporter: a downturn made worse by the implosion of the world s largest crypto exchange, ftx, over claims it misused customer money. the $32 billion company that plunged into bankruptcy basically overnight. reporter: leaving millions scrambling to recover funds. ftx is prompting investigations by federal prosecutors now. reporter: disgraced founder
saying the united states, publicly saying the united states does not take lightly the threat posed by russia to use a nuclear weapon in ukraine. do you think that if russia is learning of unpredictable consequences, that is what that message could mean? kate, i used to work at the cia. i don t work there anymore. i ll let the cia director characterize our current intelligence. but i ll say a couple things. both of which shouldn t have to be said in the year 2022. number one. the use of any kind of weapon of mass destruction, be it chemical, be it biological, be it god forbid, a nuclear weapon, would constitute the height of irresponsibility, and number two, the use of wmd would elicit a cascade of consequences, not only from the united states, but from our partners and allies around the world. president biden himself has warned that there would be strong consequences for any such use. i ll also say this. we are constantly monitoring