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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 21, 2018 an interview
Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families."  
Mostly True
June 22, 2018
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on June 19, 2018 a statement
On separating families at the border.  
Half Flip
June 20, 2018
X posts
X posts
stated on June 11, 2018 a post by a filmmaker
Say a boy was 'caged' in a wire enclosure.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 15, 2018
Justin Nelson
Justin Nelson
stated on May 29, 2018 a tweet
Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2018
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on May 1, 2018 an interview
Says Wisconsin "doesn't even give" released prison inmates "a bus ticket to get home."  
Mostly False
June 1, 2018
Bob Donovan
Bob Donovan
stated on May 23, 2018 a news release
"Since 2015, the City of Milwaukee has spent more than $22 million on settlements with litigants accusing police of misconduct."  
Mostly True
May 24, 2018
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on May 22, 2018 an online meme
Says a young Texas rapper charged with capital crimes faces the death penalty but the alleged Santa Fe High School shooter faces prison and then parole after 40 years.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2018
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on April 25, 2018 a speech
 "Illegal crossings at our southern border have been cut by over 40 percent."
False
By D.L. Davis • May 11, 2018
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 20, 2018 a tweet
"Black and Latino people in NYC are arrested at TEN times the rate of white people for virtually the same rate of marijuana usage."
True
By Dan Clark • April 25, 2018
John Chiang
John Chiang
stated on March 29, 2018 a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions
"A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana.
True
By Chris Nichols • April 20, 2018
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on April 11, 2018 a letter to the Trump administration
"Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California)."
True
By Chris Nichols • April 13, 2018
Scott Jones
Scott Jones
stated on April 2, 2018 a news conference
There are "paid protesters" involved in the Stephon Clark demonstrations.
False
By Chris Nichols • April 10, 2018
Rebecca Dallet
Rebecca Dallet
stated on March 19, 2018 a TV ad
Says Michael Screnock "let a child predator walk without time and let a rapist who preyed on an underage girl go free after only an eight-month sentence."  
Mostly True
March 23, 2018
Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier
stated on February 10, 2018 a tweet
"3 American women are murdered every day by their husband or boyfriend."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • February 19, 2018
Rebecca Dallet
Rebecca Dallet
stated on January 19, 2018 an interview
Says that as a judge, she has "presided over more than 10,000 cases."  
True
February 16, 2018
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on February 1, 2018 an interview on Capital Public Radio
"Californians are overwhelmingly against this concept of the illegal sanctuary state."
False
By Chris Nichols • February 7, 2018
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on January 25, 2018 a State of the State Address
California’s prisons budget in 1970 "was about 3 percent of the general fund. Now, it’s 8.9 percent, about $12 billion."
True
By Chris Nichols • January 25, 2018
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 4, 2018 a Facebook post
Says "566,000 crimes" were "made in Texas by criminal aliens in the last 6 years."  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2018
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on January 13, 2018 a town hall
California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending.
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • January 17, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on December 11, 2017 a candidates forum
In 2011 under Scott Walker, Wisconsin for the first time spent "more on our prison system than we did" on the University of Wisconsin System.  
Mostly True
January 12, 2018
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