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Crime & justice fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about crime & justice. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

6,854 published reviews in this topic

Pagella PoliticaCrime & justice

Ogni anno, mille persone vengono indennizzate per essere state arrestate ingiustamente: basterebbe questo per capire che un conto sono le indagini, altro le sentenze

Publisher’s rating: Vero

The claim concerns two linked points made by Enrico Costa: that roughly 1,000 people a year are compensated for unjust detention, and that this illustrates the difference between investigations and final judgments. Pagella Politica says the figure is correct for the period from 1992 through 2017, describing the recipients as approximately one thousand per year. The excerpt does not provide the underlying data or explain a calculation, so it supports the fact-check’s stated finding but does not show the detailed method behind the figure. The review qualifies Costa’s wording: it notes some imprecision in saying the people were “arrested” unjustly, while affirming that people can be imprisoned despite being innocent and are entitled to compensation for unjust detention. Its reasoning is that investigations—and even early judicial decisions—must be distinguished from definitive judgments. Thus, the figure supports the broader point that detention or early-stage proceedings do not necessarily establish guilt; it is not presented as a count of wrongful final convictions.

FACTLYCrime & justice

A man chopped off the head of a rapist who raped his sister in chennai then he took that head to the police station

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a man photographed carrying a severed head and says he killed a rapist who had assaulted his sister in Chennai, then took the head to a police station. The review says the photograph is real, but the circumstances attached to it in the claim are not: its account identifies the victim as the man’s friend and places the incident in Karnataka, not Chennai. The alleged rape of the man’s sister is not the motive described in the review. To investigate the image, the review reports using Google Reverse Image Search and finding articles with similar photographs. It cites The News Minute’s account, which places the photographs at Malavalli Police Station in Mandya district, Karnataka. That reporting describes a fight that began after the victim spoke ill of the accused’s mother, and says the accused chopped off his friend’s head. These details contradict the claim’s stated location, relationship and motive.

YouturnCrime & justice

இவரின் தங்கை வன்புணர்வு செய்யப்பட்டார். இதையடுத்து, வன்கொடுமை செய்த நபரின் தலையை வெட்டியுள்ளார். வெட்டிய தலையுடன் காவல் நிலையத்திற்கு சென்றுள்ளார். இவர் சென்னையை சேர்ந்தவர்.

Publisher’s rating: Fake

NewtralCrime & justice

«No estoy huido de la justicia»

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The statement under review was made by Carles Puigdemont on 6 May on the television programme *Cuatro al día*. He argued that he was not “fleeing justice” because the Court of Auditors sent certified letters to his home in Waterloo, people knew where he lived, and he received summonses. Newtral’s review treats those points as distinct from whether Spanish justice still sought him.