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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 10, 2023 an Instagram post:
Photo shows a woman named Araceli Hernandez who “was kidnapped by George Floyd and brutally beaten during a home invasion.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • December 11, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 26, 2023 a video:
U.S. manual for courts-martial has been recently amended to include civilians.
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 7, 2023
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on November 15, 2023 a Facebook post:
“New police bodycam footage” of George Floyd’s arrest “changes the narrative”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 21, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2023 a video shared on Instagram:
“New court documents reveal that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose.”
False
By Madison Czopek • November 3, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on October 26, 2023 un video enTikTok:
“Fallecimiento del exmandatario de la presidencia de Honduras" en incendio de cárcel en Nueva York.
False
By Maria Briceño • November 2, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 6, 2023 a viral image:
California passed a law “reducing penalties for oral, anal sex with willing children.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 9, 2023
Jack Posobiec
Jack Posobiec
stated on August 1, 2023 a tweet:
Judge Tanya Chutkan “is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.”
False
By Madison Czopek • August 2, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on July 15, 2023 un video en TikTok:
"Biden elimina ‘tráfico sexual de menores’ como una de las prioridades del Departamento de Justicia de su gobierno”.
False
By Maria Briceño, Tom Kertscher • July 25, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on July 17, 2023 una publicación en TikTok:
A las personas que van a ver ‘Sound of Freedom’ “en medio de la película se les va la luz, les hacen unas alarmas de bomberos o simplemente dicen que tienen que evacuar”.
False
By Nuria Diaz Muñoz, Jeff Cercone • July 25, 2023
David Harris Jr.
David Harris Jr.
stated on July 13, 2023 an Instagram post:
The U.S. Justice Department removed international child sex trafficking from its "list of offenses that deserve a high degree of attention."
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 17, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 12, 2023 a video shared on Instagram:
Ohio replaced lethal injection “with a system that quickly and humanely rips off the heads of death-row inmates using powerful robotic arms.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • July 17, 2023
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on June 18, 2023 a TV interview:
“Think about parents who show up at school board meetings. By this DOJ, they’re called domestic terrorists.”
False
By Sevana Wenn • June 22, 2023
Paul Tonko
Paul Tonko
stated on March 20, 2023 a press release:
“Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.”
Half-True
By Conor Amendola • April 26, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 4, 2023 una publicación en Facebook:
“Joe Biden liberará a reos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador”.
False
By Maria Briceño • April 12, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 20, 2023 a news conference:
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 8, 2023
Glen Sturtevant
Glen Sturtevant
stated on March 16, 2023 a candidate's forum:
On red flag laws.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • March 24, 2023
Darrin Madison
Darrin Madison
stated on February 8, 2023 News release:
Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 17, 2023
Tim Moore
Tim Moore
stated on February 8, 2023 presentations about his bill:
“One man was actually killed” during 2020 protests of police brutality in Raleigh
False
By Paul Specht • February 21, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 27, 2023 a Facebook post:
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered."
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2023 a post:
The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives.
False
By Madison Czopek • February 2, 2023
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