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Latest Fact-Checks In Criminal Justice

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Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on September 2, 2021 News release
"No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • September 17, 2021
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
stated on September 8, 2021 a tweet
“My opponent wants to abolish” law enforcement.
False
September 17, 2021
Jason Miyares
Jason Miyares
stated on September 2, 2021 a tweet
“The Parole Board operates with Mark Herring’s advice and consent.”
False
By Warren Fiske • September 14, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 10, 2021 an Instagram post
“CA inmate pregnant after being forced to share prison with transgender ‘woman.’”
False
August 18, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 28, 2021 Instagram and Facebook posts
Says D.C. police officer Michael Fanone is the same person who was arrested after carrying a Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • July 30, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on July 24, 2021 an Instagram post
People charged in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol are “political prisoners” and “non-violent trespassers” who have been held in solitary confinement for the past six months.
Mostly False
July 28, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 11, 2021 a Facebook post
A bodyguard of a high-ranking Democrat in Congress fired the shot that killed Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6.
False
By Samantha Putterman • July 14, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 7, 2021 a press conference
"The person that shot Ashli Babbitt — boom — right through the head — just boom — there was no reason for that."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 27, 2021 an Instagram post
Three white former police officers were sentenced to less prison time — combined — for killing three Black people than a Black man was for selling marijuana.
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • July 7, 2021
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on June 28, 2021 remarks at a press conference
Cook County’s criminal courts “have been shut down for 15 months.”
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 4, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2021 a Facebook post
“Maxine Waters just introduced a bill to re-name Memorial Day — George Floyd Day."
Pants on Fire!
By Isabella Fertel • June 25, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on May 30, 2021 a Twitter post
“Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.”
Mostly False
June 18, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 2, 2021 a Facebook post
Photo shows R. Kelly being released from prison in 2021.
False
June 4, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2021 a Facebook post
Caitlyn Jenner “literally killed someone 6 years ago in the streets and was released by a District Attorney.”
Mostly False
By Steven Rascón • May 10, 2021
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on March 2, 2021 a YouTube post
All charges were dropped against Bill Cosby and he was granted an early release.
False
May 6, 2021
John Cox
John Cox
stated on May 4, 2021 a campaign press conference
California Gov. Gavin Newsom “just let 76,000 inmates out of jail."
False
By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 19, 2021 a speech
“If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 4, 2021
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 28, 2021 a GOP response to President Joe Biden's speech
Says Democrats blocked his efforts at police reform.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2021
Kevin Parker
Kevin Parker
stated on April 14, 2021 a Tweet
“Law enforcement violence is the leading cause of death for young Black men and women in the US.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 29, 2021
Kirk Cox
Kirk Cox
stated on April 7, 2021 a radio interview.
On Virginia’s new marijuana law: “You can have up to one pound with only a $25 fine.”
True
By Warren Fiske • April 28, 2021
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