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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Bruce Elfant
Bruce Elfant
stated on August 13, 2012 a press statement.
Says 88 Texas constables have died in the line of duty.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2012
Marty Beil
Marty Beil
stated on July 19, 2012 an interview
Says Gov. Scott Walker "raises the pay of inmates, but we don't raise the pay of staff in our correctional institutions."
Mostly False
August 19, 2012
Steve Doell
Steve Doell
stated on July 19, 2012 a press release
Says "About 7 in 10 of Oregon’s inmates are in prison for violent crimes and serious sex offenses."
True
By Janie Har • August 3, 2012
Steve Doell
Steve Doell
stated on July 19, 2012 a press release.
Says Measure 11 is "one of the most significant reasons" for decrease in violent crime.
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • August 3, 2012
Texans for Accountable Government
Texans for Accountable Government
stated on July 26, 2012 an email blast.
Says PolitiFact "validated and independently documented" its "criminal history" claims about Adan Ballesteros.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2012
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on July 22, 2012 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"There's a loophole where you can sell guns without a background check … 40 percent of guns are sold that way" at gun shows and over the Internet.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg, Molly Moorhead • July 25, 2012
Michael Opitz
Michael Opitz
stated on May 29, 2012 a YouTube ad
U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey gave the government the power to electronically spy on Americans without a warrant.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • June 27, 2012
John G. Edwards
John G. Edwards
stated on June 5, 2012 a debate on the House floor
Decriminalizing marijuana "will save the state anywhere from $4 (million) to $11 million dollars."
False
By Tom Mooney • June 17, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on May 4, 2012 a speech at an American Federation for Children event
Says New Jersey’s prison system is "61 percent African-American even though our state is just 13 percent black."
True
By Erin O'Neill • May 21, 2012
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on April 18, 2012 a speech
"The United States imprisons more than any nation in the world."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • May 7, 2012
Rosemary Lehmberg
Rosemary Lehmberg
stated on October 31, 2011 campaign video
Says she "created the first felony deferred prosecution program for nonviolent first-offenders" in Texas.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 3, 2012
Christopher L. Smith
Christopher L. Smith
stated on March 21, 2012 a press release
Since Florida passed the "stand your ground" law in 2005, deaths due to self-defense have jumped over 250 percent.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 26, 2012
Dennis Baxley
Dennis Baxley
stated on March 21, 2012 an interview on MSNBC
"We’ve had a dramatic drop in violent crime since this law (‘stand your ground’) has been in effect."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 23, 2012
Arthenia Joyner
Arthenia Joyner
stated on March 21, 2012 an interview
"When we passed (the stand your ground law), we said it portends horrific events when people's lives were put into these situations."
True
By Katie Sanders • March 22, 2012
Beatrice Lanzi
Beatrice Lanzi
stated on February 24, 2012 "an appearance on A Lively Experiment."
"One out of four of our young people say they are victims of this (dating) violence."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 4, 2012
Carol Hunstein
Carol Hunstein
stated on January 25, 2012 a speech
"Our small staff of 51 is still fewer than we had a decade ago, yet our caseload -- like that of other courts -- has grown."
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 27, 2012
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on February 8, 2012 a web page post.
Without U.S. Senate action, Texas will have more federal judicial vacancies this year than any other state.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 24, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 30, 2012 email to MoveOn.org members
"Private prisons do not chase escaped inmates past the perimeter like the public prisons do, which means more escaped prisoners in our communities."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • February 7, 2012
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on January 20, 2012 an opinion column.
"Illegal counterfeiting and piracy costs the U.S. economy $100 billion... every year."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 6, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 10, 2012 a speech
"Right now in Georgia, nearly one in three leaving our prisons are re-convicted within three years."
True
By Eric Stirgus • January 25, 2012
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