Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Paul Tonko
Paul Tonko
stated on March 20, 2023 a press release
“Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.”
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By Conor Amendola • April 26, 2023
Darrin Madison
Darrin Madison
stated on February 8, 2023 News release
Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."
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By Madeline Heim • March 17, 2023
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on October 6, 2022 a campaign ad
"Deidre DeJear refused to stand for police."
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By Liam Halawith • October 31, 2022
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 4, 2022 a TV ad.
Abigail Spanberger supported “nearly $1 billion in stimulus checks for prisoners, including domestic terrorists.”
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By Warren Fiske • October 18, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 9, 2022 News release
“Mandela Barnes…wants to release 50% of the prison population when 68% is classified as ‘violent offenders.’”
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By Laura Schulte • September 21, 2022
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on June 15, 2022 an ad
J.D. Vance "wants to defund law enforcement."
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June 30, 2022
Tom Suozzi
Tom Suozzi
stated on January 21, 2022 a campaign ad
“The Manhattan DA is actually proposing to downgrade armed robbery to a misdemeanor, and to stop prosecuting resisting arrest.”
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By Tyler Smith, Jonny Walker • March 16, 2022
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on January 6, 2022 TV ad
Says he led the fight to add 200 new police officers to make the City of Milwaukee safer.
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By Vanessa Swales • February 23, 2022
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Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 a Facebook post
Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”
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November 17, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 27, 2021 an Instagram post
Three white former police officers were sentenced to less prison time — combined — for killing three Black people than a Black man was for selling marijuana.
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By Andy Nguyen • July 7, 2021
Shelley Grogan
Shelley Grogan
stated on March 29, 2021 a radio ad
Judge Jeff Davis "spent years defending a convicted cop killer" and "tried to get him off the hook."
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By Eric Litke • March 30, 2021
LaKeshia Myers
LaKeshia Myers
stated on February 16, 2021 News release
"Wisconsin is one of only nine states in the nation in which 17 year-olds are automatically treated as adults in the criminal justice system."
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By D.L. Davis • March 16, 2021
Doug LaMalfa
Doug LaMalfa
stated on March 2, 2021 a constituent email.
Voting-rights legislation proposed by Democrats in Congress called H.R. 1 “would force states to restore the voting rights of convicted felons—including violent felons convicted of murder or rape.”
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By Chris Nichols • March 4, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on November 20, 2020 an Instagram post
"Kyle Rittenhouse used his COVID-19 stimulus check to purchase the AR-15 he used in the fatal Kenosha shooting."
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By Eric Litke • November 25, 2020
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Viral image
stated on October 8, 2020 a Facebook post
An appellate court found Kamala Harris and police “took part in framing and prosecuting a man” for a murder he didn’t commit, paying a key witness $60,000 in relocation benefits for testifying against him.
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October 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 10, 2020 a Facebook post
“This is what Kamala Harris thinks about young Americans … ‘They are stupid!’”
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By Samantha Putterman • September 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Jacob Blake, shot by police in Kenosha, had a warrant for sexual assault and prior convictions for gun use
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By Eric Litke • August 27, 2020
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stated on June 8, 2020 post on Facebook
“Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require 2 years of training, 1 person killed since ever. Cops in the U.S.: require 21 weeks of training, 8,000+ people killed since 2001.”
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By Emily Venezky • June 16, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on May 31, 2020 a tweet
Says police officers in Austin, Texas, have been “authorized to use LIVE ROUNDS, and lethal force” against protesters.
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By Madlin Mekelburg • June 5, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 a mass email
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
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