Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

Clear
Paul Howard
Paul Howard
stated on February 17, 2013 in a news story:
"In Atlanta, since 1994 when the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ (mandatory minimum sentences) took effect, the violent crime rate has dropped 62 percent."
Mostly True
By Janel Davis • March 5, 2013
Carolyn Medeiros
Carolyn Medeiros
stated on February 18, 2013 in a radio interview:
"There's a tax credit of $2,400 to bond [former inmates] that an employer would get for hiring a convicted felon. There's a federal bonding program -- you can get $5,000 to $25,000 in federal money to hire a convicted felon. And there's federal grants for felons to set up their own small businesses."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 3, 2013
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 19, 2013 in a speech in Washington, D.C. :
If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to "let criminals go."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2013
Ed Fallone
Ed Fallone
stated on February 5, 2013 in an interview:
Wisconsin's Supreme Court justices are "deciding fewer opinions in civil and criminal cases than they used to."
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 in an editorial.:
Says Texas ranks first in executions among the states.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 8, 2013
stated on January 29, 2013 in an interview:
40 percent of U.S. gun sales "are occurring outside of" licensed gun dealers.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 4, 2013
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
stated on January 23, 2013 in a website post:
In 2009, the FBI "referred more than 71,000" cases of people failing background checks when trying to buy a gun to another federal agency, "but U.S. attorneys ultimately prosecuted only 77 of them."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 3, 2013
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 25, 2013 in a radio interview:
"I had to lay off 48 people last year," which has exacerbated the lack of law enforcement officers in the county that respond quickly to crime calls.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 31, 2013
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on January 24, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Today, about 40 percent of guns are purchased without a background check."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 30, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 17, 2013 in an interview on Fox News:
"Washington, D.C., had some of the strictest gun laws in the country. And when they passed them, violence skyrocketed."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • January 28, 2013
Providence City Council
Providence City Council
stated on January 3, 2013 in a council resolution:
"Semi-automatic weapons, whether pistol or rifle, were designed for use by the military on the battlefield."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 16, 2013
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on January 1, 2013 in a letter:
"[W]e see America's prison population exploding, with America having a greater percentage of its people behind bars than any other nation in the world!"
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 14, 2013
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on December 11, 2012 in a letter to congressional leadership:
Since the federal Violence Against Women Act was adopted in 1994, "cases of domestic violence have fallen by 67 percent."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 13, 2013
Pardeep Kaleka
Pardeep Kaleka
stated on December 17, 2012 in an online video:
"Every day, 34 Americans are murdered with guns."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 9, 2013
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on November 14, 2012 in a news conference:
"A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."
True
By Joe Guillen • December 7, 2012
Carolyn Medeiros
Carolyn Medeiros
stated on November 13, 2012 in a radio interview:
Three thousand felons voted in Rhode Island in 2008.
True
By John Hill • November 18, 2012
Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund)
Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund)
stated on October 12, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
Laurie Monnes Anderson "voted to let violent criminals out of jail early."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • October 19, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on October 9, 2012 in a news release:
"David Cicilline was the state representative who opposed tough mandatory sentences for those convicted of domestic violence  and child abuse."
True
By John Hill • October 15, 2012
Raymond Frank
Raymond Frank
stated on October 7, 2012 in an advertisement.:
Says Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton has accepted $42,000 from strip-club interests and $10,000 from local alcohol distributors.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 11, 2012
Steven Teske
Steven Teske
stated on September 18, 2012 in an article:
High school students arrested on campus are twice as likely not to graduate and four times less likely to graduate if they’ve appeared in court.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • October 10, 2012
Previous Next