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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:
Kamala Harris “wants to defund the police.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2024
Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace
stated on March 30, 2024 a post on X:
“Since Joe Biden took office, crime has skyrocketed across our country.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2024
Nick LaLota
Nick LaLota
stated on November 18, 2023 a social media post:
Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 1, 2024
Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
stated on January 29, 2023 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":
"I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total."
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • February 1, 2023
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on November 11, 2022 an interview:
Raphael Warnock "believes in no cash bail" and "letting people out of prison that are going to make us prisoners in our own home."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on September 28, 2022 an ad:
Raphael Warnock "called police thugs, then cut their funding."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2022
Liberal Groups
Liberal Groups
stated on September 6, 2022 TV ad:
Says Tim Michels' family foundation "funded an organization that tracks women when they get near abortion clinics … he wants to treat women like they're the criminals."
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • September 20, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 4, 2022 an interview:
“Tim Ryan called police the new Jim Crow.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2022
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on July 29, 2022 Email:
"Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments."
Mostly False
By Alan Hovorka • August 12, 2022
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Oz
stated on July 28, 2022 an ad:
John Fetterman wants to “eliminate life sentences for murderers."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 3, 2022
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Oz
stated on July 18, 2022 an ad:
“John Fetterman wants to release one-third of dangerous criminals back into our communities.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 21, 2022
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 2, 2022 Newsletter:
On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • May 26, 2022
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on March 21, 2022 a Facebook post:
“Judge Jackson doesn’t think perverts should have to register (as sex offenders). She says it ‘stigmatizes’ THEM.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • March 25, 2022
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on August 26, 2021 a TikTok video:
"Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 27, 2021
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on September 2, 2021 News release:
"No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • September 17, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 24, 2021 an Instagram post:
People charged in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol are “political prisoners” and “non-violent trespassers” who have been held in solitary confinement for the past six months.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on May 30, 2021 a Twitter post:
“Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.”
Mostly False
By Emily Tian • June 18, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2021 a Facebook post:
Caitlyn Jenner “literally killed someone 6 years ago in the streets and was released by a District Attorney.”
Mostly False
By Steven Rascón • May 10, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 19, 2021 a speech:
“If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 4, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 20, 2021 a Facebook post:
Maxine Waters could be “sentenced” for “jury tampering.”
Mostly False
By Sasha Hupka • April 23, 2021
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