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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Wisconsin Alliance for Reform
Wisconsin Alliance for Reform
stated on March 8, 2016 a TV ad
Says Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg agreed to use a technicality to give a convicted sex offender a new hearing because "he didn’t understand the charge."
Mostly False
March 23, 2016
Richard Ferruccio
Richard Ferruccio
stated on February 23, 2016 a legislative hearing
"We do not have an overcrowding problem. As a matter of fact, Rhode Island has one of the lowest incarceration rates in the country."  
True
By Jacqueline Tempera • March 20, 2016
Tim McGinty
Tim McGinty
stated on March 4, 2016 his campaign website
Says he "tore down hundreds of abandoned homes that served as havens for crime and reduce(d) the value of our neighborhoods."  
Mostly True
By Nadia Pflaum • March 4, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 a debate
Says Dontre Hamilton, who was killed during a confrontation with a Milwaukee police officer, was "unarmed."
Mostly True
February 18, 2016
Gary Cobb
Gary Cobb
stated on February 16, 2016 a video ad on his campaign website
Travis County residents "trusted me to take on Tom DeLay — and we won."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 17, 2016
JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on February 8, 2016 a TV ad
Says state Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald twice "supported" incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley.
Mostly True
February 14, 2016
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on December 31, 2015 a fundraising email
As part of legislative fights over abortion rights, "Mike Coffman co-sponsored a bill to redefine rape."
Mostly True
By Alan Gathright • February 3, 2016
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate
"A third of the budget for the city of Ferguson (Missouri) was being reaped by civil fines."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 15, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
Says President Barack Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the American people against guns."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 14, 2016 the Fox Business Network debate
Says Hillary Clinton "is under investigation with the FBI right now."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on December 17, 2015 a column posted on Medium
"When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things  —  including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 17, 2015 Network TV interview
In Texas, "we've had three ISIS-related incidents already."
Half-True
By Filipa Ioannou • December 9, 2015
Joe Donald
Joe Donald
stated on December 2, 2015 an interview
"We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. We're locking up more people than China and Russia."
Mostly True
December 9, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 30, 2015 a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt
"Here’s the simple and undeniable fact: The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 28, 2015 a speech.
"It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • November 23, 2015
Greenville Gazette
Greenville Gazette
stated on February 1, 2015 an article
Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed."
Half-True
By Andy East • November 6, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 6, 2015 a Snopes.com tweet recapping a Facebook post
A Texas police department bought an ad telling drug dealers, "We can take your competition off the streets for FREE."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2015
Chris Danou
Chris Danou
stated on October 20, 2015 remarks in Assembly debate
A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is "creating exceptions in the law for politicians."
Mostly True
October 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 15, 2015 a speech in San Antonio
"We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2015
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on August 27, 2015 a forum
In Milwaukee County, juveniles arrested for car theft "get sent immediately home, because under the point system in juvenile court" on holding suspects, "a stolen car gets zero points."  
Mostly False
October 19, 2015
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