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Jana Duty
Jana Duty
stated on April 15, 2012 as quoted in Austin American-Statesman news article.:
Says Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley reduces 36 percent of felonies to misdemeanors and hands them off to her.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2012
Jennifer Carroll
Jennifer Carroll
stated on April 19, 2012 Capitol news conference:
"We didn’t go out asking people" to join the "stand your ground" task force.
False
By Katie Sanders, Toluse Olorunnipa • May 3, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on April 26, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor:
Says "in our gun laws we’re allowing domestic abusers to sidestep this ban on getting a gun. The loophole allows a convicted abuser to walk into a gun show and walk out with a gun, no questions asked."
True
By Erin O'Neill • May 3, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 13, 2012 comments to Reuters:
"We are at a 40-year low in our crime rate in our state."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 17, 2012
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 12, 2012 a press release:
Says his Texas election fraud investigations have resulted in 50 convictions.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • April 17, 2012
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on April 14, 2012 a speech to a national meeting of the National Rifle Association:
"By the time I finish this speech, two Americans will be slain, six women will be raped, 27 of us will be robbed, and 50 more will be beaten."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 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
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on March 2, 2012 an interview:
Says a study shows that children who live with a biological parent and the parent's boyfriend or girlfriend "have a 20 times greater chance of being sexually abused."
True
By Tom Kertscher • March 25, 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
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on February 19, 2012 a television interview:
Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele "eliminated" sheriff’s office funding for providing security for presidential and presidential campaign visits.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 21, 2012
Rod Monroe
Rod Monroe
stated on March 1, 2012 a floor speech.:
Says "the No. 2 cause of death in the U.S. (for) women under 50 is being killed by their spouse or domestic partner."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 19, 2012
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on February 9, 2012 an interview:
Says 85 percent of Milwaukee shootings involve "people with extensive criminal records shooting other people with extensive criminal records."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 19, 2012
Tom Leppert
Tom Leppert
stated on January 12, 2012 a U.S. Senate debate hosted by Empower Texans and the Texas Public Policy Foundation:
Says "we brought crime rate down by 30 percent" when he was mayor of Dallas.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 3, 2012
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on January 10, 2012 a newspaper column.:
"The U.S. gun homicide rate is 20 times the combined rate of other western nations."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • January 27, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 19, 2012 the State of the City address:
"We have cut crime across every single zone in the city of Atlanta by between 10 percent and 16 percent, depending on the zone."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 27, 2012
No Casinos
No Casinos
stated on January 19, 2012 a television ad:
Nevada is No. 1 in unemployment, violent crime, car theft, divorce, robberies and foreclosures.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 26, 2012
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Eddie Lucio, Jr.
stated on January 6, 2012 an interview.:
Says Texas does not regulate the appearance of some kinds of imitation firearms sold in Texas.
Mostly True
By Katie Glueck • January 24, 2012
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on January 20, 2012 a television ad:
"While Romney was a director of the Damon Corporation, the company was defrauding Medicare of millions."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 23, 2012
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