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Crime & justice fact checks

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

6,857 published reviews in this topic

PolitiFactCrime & justice

“The NAACP has received credible information that some of the white nationalist groups … will be looking to snatch black men and boys and hang them, shoot them, torture them and kill them.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactCrime & justice

A photo shows two men on the run who pretend to be homeless and then “attack and rob you.”

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Photo shows a man who tortured his daughter’s rapist.

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact CrescendoCrime & justice

എകെജി സെന്‍റര്‍ ആക്രമണ കേസില്‍ സിപിഎം പ്രവര്‍ത്തകന്‍ പിടിയില്‍

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

Washington PostCrime & justice

"The New York Times is running a story that I have traveled with a 17-year-old woman, and that is verifiably false. People can look at my travel records and see that that is not the case.”

Publisher’s rating: Four Pinocchios

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Says J. David Cox, "the boss" of the jail guards "who were supposed to keep" suspected sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein alive, is also "friends with Bill and Hillary Clinton."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactCrime & justice

“Hillary Clinton is on trial, she (supposed) to have killed” a 10-year-old girl.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

FactCheck.orgCrime & justice

Former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden "never even tried to fix" policing issues "during their eight-year period."

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactCrime & justice

“Michigan prosecutor looks to release 90 convicted murderers serving life sentences.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Says 700 CIA agents were arrested.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

FactCheck.orgCrime & justice

Hunter Biden was "singled out" and "unfairly" prosecuted "only because he is my son."

Publisher’s rating: No Clear Evidence

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Video shows that Sûreté du Québec officers “removed their identifying names and badge numbers from their uniforms in Ottawa.”

Publisher’s rating: False

Maldita.esCrime & justice

George Soros ha sido arrestado por interferencia electoral y actualmente se encuentra bajo custodia federal en Filadelfia

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Says instead of arresting a teen who was sneaking into a gym, a Chicago cop "shot him 53 times."

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that his office “has decided to drop all charges against Donald Trump.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Maldita.esCrime & justice

Fotografía de manifestantes de las protestas contra el racismo en EEUU robando en un establecimiento.

Publisher’s rating: Falso

FactCheck.orgCrime & justice

Josh Riley “supports help not handcuffs” for criminals and supports defunding the police.

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Photos of a person in a skirt show the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Says Gov. Tony Evers “wants to release half of the prison population.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True