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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 "boyfriend loophole" means that "if you commit a serious crime of domestic abuse against your wife, you can't get a gun, but if you do it against your girlfriend, you can."

Publisher’s rating: Half True

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Videos show Planned Parenthood “aiding sex traffickers in their crimes.”

Publisher’s rating: False

Maldita.esCrime & justice

Los detenidos por violar a dos menores en Sevilla son cuatro inmigrantes

Publisher’s rating: Falso

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Says Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted: “People can’t really be convicted on such flimsy circumstantial evidence as ‘having a similar gait’ or ‘owning the identical shoes’ or ‘being in DC and not having any alibi for that time’ can they?! I don’t recognize this America.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactCrime & justice

"No other city in America did what (New York) did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%."

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

PolitiFactCrime & justice

A photo shows Jeffrey Epstein with four boys on a beach.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactCrime & justice

A 15-year-old named “Graci Mae Thompson” is missing.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Photo shows former President Donald Trump in police custody May 30.

Publisher’s rating: False

Washington PostCrime & justice

“During [Terry] McAuliffe’s tenure as governor, the murder rate went up 43 percent and the rape rate went up every year.”

Publisher’s rating: Two Pinocchios

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Says El Chapo testified in court that he paid off Nancy Pelosi to keep the U.S.-Mexico border open for drug cartels.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Says Bill Cosby was framed for sexual assault by the Illuminati to stop him from buying NBC.

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Pesa CheckCrime & justice

DCI to reopen 2007/08 PEV cases

Publisher’s rating: MISSING CONTEXT

PolitiFactCrime & justice

“Violent crime in South Bend doubled during Mayor Pete’s tenure.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly False

PolitiFactCrime & justice

A photo shows Jeffrey Epstein with Joe Biden.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactCrime & justice

The mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, was a “false flag.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

PolitiFactCrime & justice

ABC News altered the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter’s photo to appear more Caucasian.

Publisher’s rating: False

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Says Elizabeth Warren, asked about the Mollie Tibbetts murder, said “I know this is hard for her family, but they have to remember that we need to focus on real problems, like illegal immigrants not being able to see their kids.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

Washington PostCrime & justice

“Covid left its scars, like the spike in violent crime in 2020 — the first year of the pandemic.”

Publisher’s rating: Not the whole story

PolitiFactCrime & justice

Nine “antifa members arrested” in Portland, Ore.

Publisher’s rating: False

Washington PostCrime & justice

“In the past year, the men and women of the DEA have relentlessly worked to seize over 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl from communities across the country … enough deadly doses of fentanyl to kill every American.”

Publisher’s rating: Correct