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Latest Fact-Checks In Death Penalty

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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 3, 2024 in an Instagram post:
The U.S. Code states that a person convicted of treason would be “taken by the posse to the nearest busy intersection and at high noon hung by the neck until dead.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • March 6, 2024
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on July 26, 2019 in a tweet:
"More than half of death row prisoners are people of color." 
True
By D.L. Davis • October 1, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 13, 2019 in a news conference:
California has "the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere, the largest death row in the United States of America — two times the size of the next largest state: Florida."
True
By Chris Nichols • March 13, 2019
Toni Preckwinkle
Toni Preckwinkle
stated on January 29, 2019 in a campaign ad:
Says Susana Mendoza is a supporter of the death penalty who could administer it herself and "‘...sleep like a baby at night…’"
Pants on Fire!
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 10, 2019
Susana Mendoza
Susana Mendoza
stated on November 19, 2018 in in a debate appearance:
"I was the deciding vote on abolishing the death penalty in the state of Illinois."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 25, 2018
Jeff Bartos
Jeff Bartos
stated on October 6, 2018 in a televised debate:
Capital punishment is a "specific deterrent with the most heinous crimes."
Mostly False
By Colin Deppen • October 11, 2018
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on December 8, 2017 in a press release:
"Death penalty opponents like Roy Cooper and Josh Stein have imposed a de-facto moratorium on capital punishment."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 3, 2018
Larry Krasner
Larry Krasner
stated on May 1, 2017 in the platform section of his campaign website:
"Larry Krasner is the only candidate running for District Attorney who explicitly pledges to never seek the death penalty."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • May 3, 2017
Tariq El-Shabazz
Tariq El-Shabazz
stated on April 28, 2017 in In a statement responding to a news article:
"In my 30 year career including dozens of capital cases, not a single client of mine has ever been sentenced to death."
Mostly True
By Mark Dent • May 2, 2017
Randolph Bracy
Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 in in a New York Times op-ed:
"African-Americans are grossly overrepresented on Florida’s death row."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2017
Randolph Bracy
Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 in a New York Times op-ed:
"There are no federal or state laws that say prosecutors must seek death sentences. And the United States Supreme Court has banned all state laws that make executions mandatory for murders."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2017
Tom Steyer
Tom Steyer
stated on September 14, 2016 in a press release.:
"Since 1978, California has spent $5 billion to put 13 people to death."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • September 21, 2016
Yes On 62 campaign to abolish California's death penalty
Yes On 62 campaign to abolish California's death penalty
stated on August 1, 2016 in a twitter image:
"California is home to the largest death row population in the Western Hemisphere."
True
By Chris Nichols • August 12, 2016