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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.
"I’ve been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of ISIS."
False
By Dylan Baddour • October 3, 2014
Wisconsin Professional Police Association
Wisconsin Professional Police Association
stated on September 25, 2014 a news conference
Data on violent crime shows Wisconsin "has become less safe than it was when Scott Walker took office." 
Mostly False
October 2, 2014
James Brown
James Brown
stated on September 11, 2014 a message to viewers
"More than three women per day lose their lives at the hands of their partners."
True
By Katie Sanders • September 16, 2014
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on September 8, 2014 a campaign commercial
Of the 98 top oxycodone-dispensing doctors who used to live in Florida, "today, there are none."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 16, 2014
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on September 14, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Children who witness domestic violence are "twice as likely to commit it themselves."  
Mostly True
By Derek Tsang • September 16, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 15, 2014 a TV ad
Greg Abbott did "nothing" to pursue reports of the sexual abuse of boys at a West Texas state-run school.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 16, 2014
Mike Wise
Mike Wise
stated on September 14, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell interviewed domestic abuse victim Janay Rice with Ray Rice present and for "every domestic violence agency, every law enforcement agency, that’s a no-no."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 14, 2014
Mark Begich
Mark Begich
stated on August 29, 2014 a campaign ad
Says Dan Sullivan approved a "light sentence" for a sex offender who got out of prison and is now charged with a gruesome murder and sexual assault.
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • September 3, 2014
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on August 20, 2014 an interview
In 2012, there were nearly 12.2 million arrests and only 410 "uses of deadly force" by police in the United States.
Mostly True
August 29, 2014
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on August 25, 2014 a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor"
Al Sharpton went to Ferguson, Mo., and is "declaring as a matter of fact that ... Michael Brown didn't use any deadly force or posed no deadly threat to the officer."
True
By Katie Sanders • August 28, 2014
Cornel West
Cornel West
stated on August 25, 2014 an interview on Salon
Says President Barack Obama released a statement on the "death of brother Robin Williams before ... a statement on brother Michael Brown."
True
By Linda Qiu • August 26, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2014 a meme on social media
Police in the United States are allowed to use tear gas even though it "has been classified as a chemical weapon and banned in international conflict since 1993."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2014
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on August 24, 2014 comments on Fox News Sunday
The No. 1 cause of death for African-American males 15-34 is murder.
True
By Linda Qiu • August 24, 2014
Michael Medved
Michael Medved
stated on August 19, 2014 a Web post from the "Michael Medved Show"
"More whites than blacks are victims of deadly police shootings."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 21, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 14, 2014 an opinion column
"Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."
True
By Lauren Carroll • August 21, 2014
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
stated on August 19, 2014 comments on Fox News' "America's Newsroom"
Because of President Barack Obama’s failure to "push job creation," the black unemployment rate in Ferguson, Mo., is three times higher than the white unemployment rate.  
False
By Derek Tsang • August 21, 2014
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on August 17, 2014 a commentary
Under Rosemary Lehmberg, the "Travis County D.A.’s office" convened the grand jury that indicted Rick Perry.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 21, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on August 15, 2014 comments on his radio show
When news broke that Ferguson 18-year-old Michael Brown was a suspect in a robbery, "MSNBC practically went off the air for a while to have behind-closed-doors meetings to figure out how to deal with this new revelation."
False
By Linda Qiu • August 20, 2014
Jay Nixon
Jay Nixon
stated on August 17, 2014 on ABC's "This Week"
"I've been here almost every day."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • August 18, 2014
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on August 17, 2014 a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight"
"The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2014
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