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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter
stated on December 4, 2014 an opinion piece in "Bloomberg Views"
"More than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2014
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 a debate
"In the last six years of Cianci’s administration violent crime was down in the United States. It was down in the region. It was down in Rhode Island. But it was up in Providence."  
Mostly True
By Alex Kuffner • October 6, 2014
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on September 8, 2014 a campaign commercial
Of the 98 top oxycodone-dispensing doctors who used to live in Florida, "today, there are none."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 16, 2014
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on September 14, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Children who witness domestic violence are "twice as likely to commit it themselves."  
Mostly True
By Derek Tsang • September 16, 2014
Mike Wise
Mike Wise
stated on September 14, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell interviewed domestic abuse victim Janay Rice with Ray Rice present and for "every domestic violence agency, every law enforcement agency, that’s a no-no."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 14, 2014
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on August 20, 2014 an interview
In 2012, there were nearly 12.2 million arrests and only 410 "uses of deadly force" by police in the United States.
Mostly True
August 29, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2014 a meme on social media
Police in the United States are allowed to use tear gas even though it "has been classified as a chemical weapon and banned in international conflict since 1993."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2014
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on August 17, 2014 a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight"
"The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on August 7, 2014 a TV ad
Says that, as a Supreme Court justice, Greg Abbott found that a company whose vacuum cleaners were sold door to door "had no responsibility" in the hiring of a salesman who raped a customer.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 27, 2014 her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention
Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 6, 2014
John Chisholm
John Chisholm
stated on June 2, 2014 a letter
Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has "deputies collecting overtime while sitting passively in chairs watching courthouse security personnel work."
Mostly True
June 30, 2014
David Frum
David Frum
stated on June 3, 2014 in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"We’ve seen a remarkable reduction in the number of Americans being executed -- it’s down nearly two-thirds over the past generation."  
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 3, 2014
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on May 23, 2014 in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"We're fifth in the world (in executions), behind China, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 3, 2014
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on May 19, 2014 a news release
Milwaukee has seen "an uptick in violence" since 2010, and "the only period of calm we get is when winter sets in."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 23, 2014
Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
stated on March 2, 2014 an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards
Says 21 million people "still suffer slavery today."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • March 3, 2014
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on February 20, 2014 a press conference
"Georgia’s civil forfeiture laws are among the worst in the country and the very worst in the South."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 3, 2014
Scott Surovell
Scott Surovell
stated on January 21, 2014 a floor debate.
"Eighty-five percent of the states in the United States that had electrocution have now abolished it."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • February 3, 2014
Michael Chippendale
Michael Chippendale
stated on December 3, 2013 a radio interview
"The vast, overwhelming majority of [crimes that occur with a firearm] are committed by people who don’t legally possess that firearm in the first place."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 15, 2013
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on August 28, 2013 a speech
The number of African-American men in prison has increased fivefold since he left office.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • September 6, 2013
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 18, 2013 an op-ed in the "Washington Post"
"New York is the safest big city in the nation, and our crime reductions have been steeper than any other big city’s."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2013
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