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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 9, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Under new Illinois law, these crimes are “nondetainable": “Burglary, robbery, arson, kidnapping, DUI offenses, even DUI involving a fatality, most drug offenses, and even 2nd degree murder.”
False
By Jeff Cercone • September 14, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on September 4, 2022 in an interview:
“Tim Ryan called police the new Jim Crow.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"Documents prove White House behind entire FBI targeting of Trump. Biden lied."
False
By Jeff Cercone • August 31, 2022
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 24, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Charlie Crist "supported Biden's agenda to defund the police."
False
By Yacob Reyes • August 26, 2022
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on July 29, 2022 in Email:
"Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments."
Mostly False
By Alan Hovorka • August 12, 2022
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Oz
stated on July 28, 2022 in an ad:
John Fetterman wants to “eliminate life sentences for murderers."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 3, 2022
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 19, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Val Demings "called abolishing the police 'thoughtful.'"
False
By Yacob Reyes • July 26, 2022
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Oz
stated on July 18, 2022 in an ad:
“John Fetterman wants to release one-third of dangerous criminals back into our communities.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 21, 2022
Zach Nunn
Zach Nunn
stated on July 10, 2022 in an interview with Breitbart:
“My opponent, Cindy Axne, has actively sought to defund the police.”
False
By Sam Knupp • July 20, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 14, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Third grade reading scores in the USA help correctional institutions predict how many beds they'll need in the future."
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • July 20, 2022
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on June 15, 2022 in an ad:
J.D. Vance "wants to defund law enforcement."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 30, 2022
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on June 10, 2022 in in a TV segment:
“Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 13, 2022
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 2, 2022 in Newsletter:
On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • May 26, 2022
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on April 9, 2022 in TV interview:
In a recent year, the Milwaukee Police Department "collected more guns per capita off the streets than in New York.”
True
By Vanessa Swales • May 24, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on April 30, 2022 in Public statement:
Says Gov. Tony Evers is “a big proponent of this defund the police movement.”
False
By D.L. Davis • May 20, 2022
Eric Toney
Eric Toney
stated on April 14, 2022 in News release:
The state crime lab under Attorney General Josh Kaul "is testing significantly less items than former AG Brad Schimel and is still taking longer to test many categories of key items in comparison to Schimel, including DNA."
True
By D.L. Davis • May 10, 2022
Pennsylvania Conservative Fund
Pennsylvania Conservative Fund
stated on April 21, 2022 in an ad:
Mehmet Oz “was a spokesman for a group who wanted to defund the police.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2022
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Viral image
stated on April 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“The same system that kept you in the dark about Ghislaine Maxwell…doesn’t mind live-streaming Johnny Depp’s trial.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 26, 2022
Mick McGuire
Mick McGuire
stated on March 24, 2022 in an ad:
Ketanji Brown Jackson has "a weak record — defund police, abolish ICE and now a completely open border policy."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • March 25, 2022
Jack Posobiec
Jack Posobiec
stated on March 22, 2022 in a tweet:
Ketanji Brown Jackson “says she gave pedophiles lighter sentences (because) it’s different when they use computers vs mail to get volumes of child porn. This makes ‘total sense’ according to Jackson.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2022
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