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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Gina Hinojosa
stated on February 26, 2016 a campaign mailer:

"Texas has a higher incarceration rate than Russia or Iran."

Mostly True

By Emma Hinchliffe • March 23, 2016

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

By Tom Kertscher • March 23, 2016

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
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
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

By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2016

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
stated on February 8, 2016 a TV ad:

Says state Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald twice "supported" incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley.

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2016

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
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
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
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
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
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
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

By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2015

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
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
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
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
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

By Tom Kertscher • October 22, 2015

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

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