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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on February 8, 2016 a TV ad
Says state Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald twice "supported" incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley.
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February 14, 2016
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on December 31, 2015 a fundraising email
As part of legislative fights over abortion rights, "Mike Coffman co-sponsored a bill to redefine rape."
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By Alan Gathright • February 3, 2016
Joe Donald
Joe Donald
stated on December 2, 2015 an interview
"We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. We're locking up more people than China and Russia."
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December 9, 2015
Chris Danou
Chris Danou
stated on October 20, 2015 remarks in Assembly debate
A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is "creating exceptions in the law for politicians."
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October 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 15, 2015 a speech in San Antonio
"We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 13, 2015 the first Democratic debate
"Today in America, we have more people in jail than any other country on Earth."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 14, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 25, 2015 comments to reporters
A state agency wanted to fire an employee who spent four hours per day watching pornography, but the state "employment commission reinstated the person."
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October 7, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 26, 2015 an Internet graphic
Bernie Sanders opposes the death penalty, and Hillary Clinton supports it.
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By Will Cabaniss • September 2, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on August 5, 2015 a web post.
"The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world."
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By Sean Gorman • August 10, 2015
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on July 21, 2015 a radio interview
Since parole abolition, Virginia's "crime rate has fallen to third lowest in the country, our recidivism rate is down 20 percent and that’s the second lowest in the country."  
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By Warren Fiske • August 3, 2015
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 27, 2015 a post on Instagram
"We built a new prison every 10 days between 1990 and 2005 to keep up with our mass incarceration explosion of nonviolent offenders."
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By Keely Herring • July 31, 2015
Cornell William Brooks
Cornell William Brooks
stated on June 21, 2015 comments on Face the Nation
"We have at least 200,000 to 300,000 hate crimes in a given year."
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June 25, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 20, 2015 a tweet
"Here are the stats: Per population, we kill each other with guns at a rate 297x more than Japan, 49x more than France, 33x more than Israel."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 11, 2015 an interview on PBS
"A black male baby born today, if we do not change the system, stands a one-in-three chance (of) ending up in jail."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2015
Represent.us
Represent.us
stated on April 30, 2015 a meme on social media
"The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it.
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By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2015 a press conference
Says Loretta Lynch’s nomination "has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2015
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on April 14, 2015 a news conference
In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor."  
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April 15, 2015
John Legend
John Legend
stated on February 22, 2015 a speech at the Oscars
"We live in the most incarcerated country in the world."
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By Katie Sanders • February 23, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 8, 2015 a public-service video during the Grammys
"Nearly one in five women in America has been a victim of rape or attempted rape."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2015
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."
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By Nancy Badertscher • December 16, 2014
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