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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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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
By Tom Kertscher • January 12, 2018
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on January 2, 2018 interview on Fox News:
"Seventy four percent of Californians are absolutely against sanctuary state" policies.
False
By Chris Nichols • January 9, 2018
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on December 8, 2017 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
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on November 21, 2017 an interview:
Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison has a "66 percent recidivism rate," while "states like Missouri, that have more of a regional model -- 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 4, 2017 remarks to reporters:
"Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI."
False
By Miriam Valverde • December 5, 2017
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on October 16, 2017 an interview on Capital Public Radio:
Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons."
False
By Chris Nichols • November 9, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 24, 2017 news release:
On NFL players protesting during the national anthem.  
Half Flip
By Tom Kertscher • October 25, 2017
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on October 12, 2017 an interview:
In 2016, there were 5,570 people in Wisconsin "who committed crimes on probation and they were not revoked."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 20, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on July 31, 2017 an interview on MSNBC:
"In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • October 18, 2017
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 4, 2017 a news conference:
In Wisconsin, "we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons -- every single person to carry one -- no training, no background check, even around schools."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 6, 2017
Katie Pavlich
Katie Pavlich
stated on August 26, 2017 in a tweet:
Says former President Barack Obama "pardoned a traitor who gave U.S. enemies state secrets, he also pardoned a terrorist who killed Americans."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 30, 2017
John Moorlach
John Moorlach
stated on August 4, 2017 an op-ed:
"Crime has been getting worse since Jerry Brown was elected governor."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • August 22, 2017
James Peterson
James Peterson
stated on June 23, 2017 a ruling from the bench:
 "Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement than the youth at Lincoln Hills."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • August 18, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on July 18, 2017 an article on LinkedIn:
"70 million Americans have a criminal record — that’s one in three adults."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • August 18, 2017
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2017 a speech:
"It costs us about $33,000 a year (on average nationally) to lock somebody up. In California it costs about $75,000 a year."
True
By Chris Nichols • August 9, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 29, 2017 a speech:
Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2017
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on July 5, 2017 At a "town hall":
"Sanctuary cities are extremely dangerous."
Mostly False
By Mark Dent • July 8, 2017
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on June 22, 2017 a campaign video:
"I have seen crime increase in every major metropolitan area (in California) … Crime is on the rise in every major market."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • July 3, 2017
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on May 19, 2017 a press release supporting the Back The Blue Act of 2017:
"Last year was one of the deadliest years ever for law enforcement officers."
False
By Will Doran • May 23, 2017
Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager
stated on May 18, 2017 an appearance on CNN:
"It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2017
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