Latest Fact-checks in Criminal Justice Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Bloggers stated on June 12, 2018 in a blog post: "Burka clad woman runs over baby, gets away with crime for one stunning reason ..." Tammy Baldwin stated on June 21, 2018 in an interview: Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families." Leah Vukmir stated on June 19, 2018 in a statement: On separating families at the border. X posts stated on June 11, 2018 in a post by a filmmaker: Say a boy was 'caged' in a wire enclosure. Justin Nelson stated on May 29, 2018 in a tweet: Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment." Kathleen Vinehout stated on May 1, 2018 in an interview: Says Wisconsin "doesn't even give" released prison inmates "a bus ticket to get home." Bob Donovan stated on May 23, 2018 in a news release: "Since 2015, the City of Milwaukee has spent more than $22 million on settlements with litigants accusing police of misconduct." Instagram posts stated on May 22, 2018 in an online meme: Says a young Texas rapper charged with capital crimes faces the death penalty but the alleged Santa Fe High School shooter faces prison and then parole after 40 years. Mike Pence stated on April 25, 2018 in a speech: "Illegal crossings at our southern border have been cut by over 40 percent." Kirsten Gillibrand stated on April 20, 2018 in a tweet: "Black and Latino people in NYC are arrested at TEN times the rate of white people for virtually the same rate of marijuana usage." John Chiang stated on March 29, 2018 in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana. Jerry Brown stated on April 11, 2018 in a letter to the Trump administration: "Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California)." Scott Jones stated on April 2, 2018 in a news conference: There are "paid protesters" involved in the Stephon Clark demonstrations. Rebecca Dallet stated on March 19, 2018 in a TV ad: Says Michael Screnock "let a child predator walk without time and let a rapist who preyed on an underage girl go free after only an eight-month sentence." Jackie Speier stated on February 10, 2018 in a tweet: "3 American women are murdered every day by their husband or boyfriend." Rebecca Dallet stated on January 19, 2018 in an interview: Says that as a judge, she has "presided over more than 10,000 cases." Travis Allen stated on February 1, 2018 in an interview on Capital Public Radio: "Californians are overwhelmingly against this concept of the illegal sanctuary state." Jerry Brown stated on January 25, 2018 in a State of the State Address: California’s prisons budget in 1970 "was about 3 percent of the general fund. Now, it’s 8.9 percent, about $12 billion." Dan Patrick stated on January 4, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says "566,000 crimes" were "made in Texas by criminal aliens in the last 6 years." Delaine Eastin stated on January 13, 2018 in a town hall : California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending. Kelda Helen Roys stated on December 11, 2017 in a candidates forum: In 2011 under Scott Walker, Wisconsin for the first time spent "more on our prison system than we did" on the University of Wisconsin System. Travis Allen stated on January 2, 2018 in interview on Fox News: "Seventy four percent of Californians are absolutely against sanctuary state" policies. Phil Berger stated on December 8, 2017 in a press release: "Death penalty opponents like Roy Cooper and Josh Stein have imposed a de-facto moratorium on capital punishment." Gordon Hintz stated on November 21, 2017 in an interview: Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison has a "66 percent recidivism rate," while "states like Missouri, that have more of a regional model -- 8 percent." Donald Trump stated on December 4, 2017 in remarks to reporters: "Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI." Delaine Eastin stated on October 16, 2017 in an interview on Capital Public Radio: Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons." Scott Walker stated on October 24, 2017 in news release: On NFL players protesting during the national anthem. Leah Vukmir stated on October 12, 2017 in an interview: In 2016, there were 5,570 people in Wisconsin "who committed crimes on probation and they were not revoked." Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation." Chris Taylor stated on October 4, 2017 in a news conference: In Wisconsin, "we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons -- every single person to carry one -- no training, no background check, even around schools."
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Bloggers stated on June 12, 2018 in a blog post: "Burka clad woman runs over baby, gets away with crime for one stunning reason ..." Tammy Baldwin stated on June 21, 2018 in an interview: Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families." Leah Vukmir stated on June 19, 2018 in a statement: On separating families at the border. X posts stated on June 11, 2018 in a post by a filmmaker: Say a boy was 'caged' in a wire enclosure. Justin Nelson stated on May 29, 2018 in a tweet: Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment." Kathleen Vinehout stated on May 1, 2018 in an interview: Says Wisconsin "doesn't even give" released prison inmates "a bus ticket to get home." Bob Donovan stated on May 23, 2018 in a news release: "Since 2015, the City of Milwaukee has spent more than $22 million on settlements with litigants accusing police of misconduct." Instagram posts stated on May 22, 2018 in an online meme: Says a young Texas rapper charged with capital crimes faces the death penalty but the alleged Santa Fe High School shooter faces prison and then parole after 40 years. Mike Pence stated on April 25, 2018 in a speech: "Illegal crossings at our southern border have been cut by over 40 percent." Kirsten Gillibrand stated on April 20, 2018 in a tweet: "Black and Latino people in NYC are arrested at TEN times the rate of white people for virtually the same rate of marijuana usage." John Chiang stated on March 29, 2018 in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana. Jerry Brown stated on April 11, 2018 in a letter to the Trump administration: "Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California)." Scott Jones stated on April 2, 2018 in a news conference: There are "paid protesters" involved in the Stephon Clark demonstrations. Rebecca Dallet stated on March 19, 2018 in a TV ad: Says Michael Screnock "let a child predator walk without time and let a rapist who preyed on an underage girl go free after only an eight-month sentence." Jackie Speier stated on February 10, 2018 in a tweet: "3 American women are murdered every day by their husband or boyfriend." Rebecca Dallet stated on January 19, 2018 in an interview: Says that as a judge, she has "presided over more than 10,000 cases." Travis Allen stated on February 1, 2018 in an interview on Capital Public Radio: "Californians are overwhelmingly against this concept of the illegal sanctuary state." Jerry Brown stated on January 25, 2018 in a State of the State Address: California’s prisons budget in 1970 "was about 3 percent of the general fund. Now, it’s 8.9 percent, about $12 billion." Dan Patrick stated on January 4, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says "566,000 crimes" were "made in Texas by criminal aliens in the last 6 years." Delaine Eastin stated on January 13, 2018 in a town hall : California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending. Kelda Helen Roys stated on December 11, 2017 in a candidates forum: In 2011 under Scott Walker, Wisconsin for the first time spent "more on our prison system than we did" on the University of Wisconsin System. Travis Allen stated on January 2, 2018 in interview on Fox News: "Seventy four percent of Californians are absolutely against sanctuary state" policies. Phil Berger stated on December 8, 2017 in a press release: "Death penalty opponents like Roy Cooper and Josh Stein have imposed a de-facto moratorium on capital punishment." Gordon Hintz stated on November 21, 2017 in an interview: Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison has a "66 percent recidivism rate," while "states like Missouri, that have more of a regional model -- 8 percent." Donald Trump stated on December 4, 2017 in remarks to reporters: "Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI." Delaine Eastin stated on October 16, 2017 in an interview on Capital Public Radio: Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons." Scott Walker stated on October 24, 2017 in news release: On NFL players protesting during the national anthem. Leah Vukmir stated on October 12, 2017 in an interview: In 2016, there were 5,570 people in Wisconsin "who committed crimes on probation and they were not revoked." Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation." Chris Taylor stated on October 4, 2017 in a news conference: In Wisconsin, "we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons -- every single person to carry one -- no training, no background check, even around schools."
Bloggers stated on June 12, 2018 in a blog post: "Burka clad woman runs over baby, gets away with crime for one stunning reason ..."
Tammy Baldwin stated on June 21, 2018 in an interview: Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families."
Justin Nelson stated on May 29, 2018 in a tweet: Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment."
Kathleen Vinehout stated on May 1, 2018 in an interview: Says Wisconsin "doesn't even give" released prison inmates "a bus ticket to get home."
Bob Donovan stated on May 23, 2018 in a news release: "Since 2015, the City of Milwaukee has spent more than $22 million on settlements with litigants accusing police of misconduct."
Instagram posts stated on May 22, 2018 in an online meme: Says a young Texas rapper charged with capital crimes faces the death penalty but the alleged Santa Fe High School shooter faces prison and then parole after 40 years.
Mike Pence stated on April 25, 2018 in a speech: "Illegal crossings at our southern border have been cut by over 40 percent."
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on April 20, 2018 in a tweet: "Black and Latino people in NYC are arrested at TEN times the rate of white people for virtually the same rate of marijuana usage."
John Chiang stated on March 29, 2018 in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana.
Jerry Brown stated on April 11, 2018 in a letter to the Trump administration: "Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California)."
Scott Jones stated on April 2, 2018 in a news conference: There are "paid protesters" involved in the Stephon Clark demonstrations.
Rebecca Dallet stated on March 19, 2018 in a TV ad: Says Michael Screnock "let a child predator walk without time and let a rapist who preyed on an underage girl go free after only an eight-month sentence."
Jackie Speier stated on February 10, 2018 in a tweet: "3 American women are murdered every day by their husband or boyfriend."
Rebecca Dallet stated on January 19, 2018 in an interview: Says that as a judge, she has "presided over more than 10,000 cases."
Travis Allen stated on February 1, 2018 in an interview on Capital Public Radio: "Californians are overwhelmingly against this concept of the illegal sanctuary state."
Jerry Brown stated on January 25, 2018 in a State of the State Address: California’s prisons budget in 1970 "was about 3 percent of the general fund. Now, it’s 8.9 percent, about $12 billion."
Dan Patrick stated on January 4, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says "566,000 crimes" were "made in Texas by criminal aliens in the last 6 years."
Delaine Eastin stated on January 13, 2018 in a town hall : California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending.
Kelda Helen Roys stated on December 11, 2017 in a candidates forum: In 2011 under Scott Walker, Wisconsin for the first time spent "more on our prison system than we did" on the University of Wisconsin System.
Travis Allen stated on January 2, 2018 in interview on Fox News: "Seventy four percent of Californians are absolutely against sanctuary state" policies.
Phil Berger stated on December 8, 2017 in a press release: "Death penalty opponents like Roy Cooper and Josh Stein have imposed a de-facto moratorium on capital punishment."
Gordon Hintz stated on November 21, 2017 in an interview: Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison has a "66 percent recidivism rate," while "states like Missouri, that have more of a regional model -- 8 percent."
Donald Trump stated on December 4, 2017 in remarks to reporters: "Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI."
Delaine Eastin stated on October 16, 2017 in an interview on Capital Public Radio: Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons."
Scott Walker stated on October 24, 2017 in news release: On NFL players protesting during the national anthem.
Leah Vukmir stated on October 12, 2017 in an interview: In 2016, there were 5,570 people in Wisconsin "who committed crimes on probation and they were not revoked."
Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC: "In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation."
Chris Taylor stated on October 4, 2017 in a news conference: In Wisconsin, "we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons -- every single person to carry one -- no training, no background check, even around schools."
