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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on May 18, 2017 a Senate floor speech
"President Obama became the first president since Carter to leave the White House with a smaller federal prison population than when he took office."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 7, 2017 a statement before signing Senate Bill 4 into law over a Facebook Live
Says Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez "declared that she would not detain known criminals accused of violent crimes."  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 18, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on April 28, 2017 remarks to law enforcement officers in New York
District attorneys "have advertised that they will charge a criminal alien with a lesser offense than presumably they would charge a United States citizen, so they won’t be deported."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • May 10, 2017
Sally Hernandez
Sally Hernandez
stated on April 18, 2017 an oped commentary co-authored by four other Texas sheriffs
"FBI crime statistics have found that labeled ‘sanctuary’ cities experience lower rates of all crime types, including homicides."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 20, 2017 posts on social media
"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • April 24, 2017
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on March 12, 2017 an interview
In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 19, 2017
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
stated on April 5, 2017 a fund-raising email
Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has said Black Lives Matter "is a terrorist movement, a hate group and calls it, Black LIES Matter."
True
April 17, 2017
Patrick Gallivan
Patrick Gallivan
stated on March 27, 2017 a press conference
Of "30,000 individuals arrested a year for crimes that are 16 or 17, over 95 percent of them do not result in a criminal conviction. Only 1.5 percent of them ultimately go to state prison."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • April 3, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on March 27, 2017 a press briefing
"Just last May, the Department of Justice inspector general found that these (‘sanctuary city’) policies also violate federal law."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 30, 2017
Dennis Baxley
Dennis Baxley
stated on March 15, 2017 a Florida House floor speech
"What has happened since 2005? We’ve seen violent crime continuously go down" due to Florida's "stand your ground" law.
Mostly False
By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2017
Seth Williams
Seth Williams
stated on March 3, 2017 various public comments.
On whether or not the Philadelphia DA's office will recommend the possibility of parole for all juvenile lifers.
Full Flop
By Anna Orso • March 16, 2017
Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone
stated on February 21, 2017 a press release
"Since the passage of Proposition 47 by voters in 2014 and the signing of AB 109 in 2011, violent crime has been on the rise in California, up 12 percent in 2015 statewide according to the FBI."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • March 6, 2017
Lois Kolkhorst
Lois Kolkhorst
stated on February 6, 2017 a Texas Capitol press conference
Says the proposed Texas Privacy Act "is very different from" North Carolina’s law "in that theirs covers a whole list of things that the Texas Privacy Act does not."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 6, 2017 a tweet
Says Travis County’s sheriff refuses to enforce 8 USC 1373.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2017
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on February 14, 2017 an open letter to Austin residents
"Local authorities in 43 states refused to honor more than 16,000 detainer requests from ICE from October 2013 to December 2015. Only in Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Vermont and Wyoming did local officials honor all requests, and detainers are relatively rare in those states."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 23, 2017
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on February 14, 2017 a written statement
"If Governor Cooper's proposed bill for repealing HB2 becomes law, it will create a state-sanctioned 'Look But Don't Touch' policy in our bathrooms."
Pants on Fire!
By Will Doran • February 17, 2017
Martin Golden
Martin Golden
stated on January 30, 2017 a press conference announcing the Community Heroes Protection Act
"Just last year, alone, 710 police officers" were assaulted in New York state.
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • February 11, 2017
Dawn Buckingham
Dawn Buckingham
stated on February 8, 2017 a campaign email blast
"Hundreds of illegal immigrants subject to detainers were released in the last week since the new sanctuary policy was adopted by the Travis County Sheriff's Office."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2017
Joe Sanfelippo
Joe Sanfelippo
stated on February 1, 2017 an online video
"Over 39% of violent criminals return to prison following their release."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 10, 2017
Texas Association of Business
Texas Association of Business
stated on December 6, 2016 a press release and study
Says a study indicates up to $8.5 billion in lost GDP and up to 185,000 lost jobs if Texas lawmakers approve a measure limiting transgender bathroom choices.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 3, 2017
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