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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 27, 2015 a Senate floor speech:
More "than 80 percent of sex trafficking victims in America are U.S. citizens."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 30, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2014 a meme circulated on Facebook:
Milwaukee "incarcerates 1.2% of white men" and has "incarcerated over 50% of black men in their 30s."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 15, 2015
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on December 21, 2014 an interview on Fox News:
Says President Barack Obama has said "that everybody should hate the police."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • December 23, 2014
L.C.
L.C. "Buster" Evans
stated on November 12, 2014 in a press release:
"It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults."
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • December 16, 2014
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on December 3, 2014 a conference.:
The U.S. has "5 percent of the world’s population, 25 percent of the world’s known prison population."
True
By Sean Gorman • December 15, 2014
Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof
stated on December 4, 2014 a broadcast of the "Daily Show":
"The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2014
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on December 5, 2014 an email blast:
University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2014
Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter
stated on December 4, 2014 an opinion piece in "Bloomberg Views":
"More than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2014
Diego Arene-Morley
Diego Arene-Morley
stated on November 18, 2014 a community forum:
"There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850."
True
By Katie Mulvaney • December 7, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on December 2, 2014 a chain email:
Says a man in Ferguson, Mo., was photographed holding a sign that said, "No mother should have to fear for her son's life every time he robs a store."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2014
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on November 30, 2014 an appearance on 'Fox News Sunday':
"The number of killings of citizens by police is at a two-decade high."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • December 3, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 2, 2014 a meme on social media:
"794 law enforcement officers have fallen in the line of duty since B.H. Obama took office, with no special recognition from the White House."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2014
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 24, 2014 an interview on 'Fox and Friends':
"The conviction rate is almost exactly the same" for whites and blacks who commit murder.
False
By Lauren Carroll • November 26, 2014
Benjamin Crump
Benjamin Crump
stated on November 23, 2014 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Says "99 percent of the time police officers aren't charged when they kill young people of color."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 25, 2014
Mike Martinez
Mike Martinez
stated on November 11, 2014 an interview for a news story:
Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler has "never been active in anything that has to do with City Hall."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • November 20, 2014
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on November 8, 2014 a story:
Loretta Lynch, the new nominee for attorney general, "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 22, 2014 a TV ad, "Better Schools":
Leticia Van de Putte "voted to stop schools from removing teachers convicted of a felony."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 29, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on October 15, 2014 a video ad:
"In 2013," Dan Patrick voted "against funding to test the backlog of rape kits, allowing rapists to walk free."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 17, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on October 5, 2014 a campaign news release:
"As district attorney, Susan Happ took $180,000" in a "shady" land deal "from a man charged with multiple felony counts of sexual assault before she offered him a deferred prosecution."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 15, 2014
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on October 1, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
"An overwhelming majority of Republican and Democrat law enforcement leaders have endorsed Brad Schimel."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 13, 2014
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