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James Crowley
James Crowley
stated on December 6, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal
"Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol."
Half-True
By Katie Mulvaney • December 21, 2014
Matthew Cooke
Matthew Cooke
stated on December 10, 2014 a Huffington Post column
The United States has "more of our people in prison than Russia, China, and North Korea combined."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • December 16, 2014
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on December 5, 2014 an email blast
University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2014
Richard Saslaw
Richard Saslaw
stated on November 24, 2014 a presentation.
Female students at UVA "have a 20 percent chance of being sexually assaulted."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • December 8, 2014
Diego Arene-Morley
Diego Arene-Morley
stated on November 18, 2014 a community forum
"There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850."
True
By Katie Mulvaney • December 7, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 1, 2014 a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor"
"In 2012, 123 African-Americans were shot dead by police. ... Same year, 326 whites were killed by police."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • December 4, 2014
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on November 30, 2014 an appearance on 'Fox News Sunday'
"The number of killings of citizens by police is at a two-decade high."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • December 3, 2014
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 24, 2014 an interview on 'Fox and Friends'
"The conviction rate is almost exactly the same" for whites and blacks who commit murder.
False
By Lauren Carroll • November 26, 2014
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 23, 2014 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says "93 percent of blacks in America are killed by other blacks."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 25, 2014
Mike Martinez
Mike Martinez
stated on November 11, 2014 an interview for a news story
Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler has "never been active in anything that has to do with City Hall."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • November 20, 2014
Violence Policy Center
Violence Policy Center
stated on September 8, 2014 an annual study
Georgia ranks No. 9 in the rate of women murdered by men.
True
By April Hunt • November 19, 2014
Jack Seiler
Jack Seiler
stated on November 5, 2014 a news release
"No one was taken into custody" for feeding the homeless.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 17, 2014
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on November 21, 2014 press release
Georgia has the country’s second highest number of fraudulent tax refund claims.  
Half-True
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • November 14, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 28, 2014 a radio ad
The "stand your ground" law caused the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
False
By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 22, 2014 a TV ad, "Better Schools"
Leticia Van de Putte "voted to stop schools from removing teachers convicted of a felony."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 29, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 the CNN debate
Says Charlie Crist wants felons who "commit a heinous crime" such as "intentional permanent disfigurement of a child, you walk out of jail, you immediately get to vote."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 27, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 21, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Six convictions are connected to an allegation by prosecutors "that Gov. Scott Walker is at the center of a criminal scheme."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 23, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 17, 2014 a debate
Says Scott Walker cut funding to local governments in Wisconsin, contributing to the "second-largest increase in violent crime" in the Midwest.  
Half-True
October 23, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on October 15, 2014 a video ad
"In 2013," Dan Patrick voted "against funding to test the backlog of rape kits, allowing rapists to walk free."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 17, 2014
Gloria Steinem
Gloria Steinem
stated on October 1, 2014 an AP interview
More women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends since Sept. 11 than "all the Americans who were killed by 9/11 or in Afghanistan and Iraq."
True
By Katie Sanders • October 7, 2014
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