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Crime & justice fact checks
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FactCheck.orgCrime & justice
"10,874 people killed by drunk drivers in 2017, and 403 by rifles. Walmart stops selling rifles. Still sells alcohol…"
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
PolitiFactCrime & justice
Former President Donald Trump “blew off his post-sentencing probation report.”
Publisher’s rating: False
Maldita.esCrime & justice
El FBI arresta a Bill Gates por terrorismo biológico
Publisher’s rating: Falso
PolitiFactCrime & justice
Says the Georgia indictment of Donald Trump seeks to criminalize everyday activities like “tweeting that you’re watching TV,” “reserving rooms for meetings” and “asking someone for a phone number."
Publisher’s rating: Not what indictment says
PolitiFactCrime & justice
Image shows Paul Pelosi, bruised, in a booking mugshot.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactCrime & justice
“324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.”
Publisher’s rating: True
Maldita.esCrime & justice
Apuñalamiento en una cacerolada en Moratalaz Madrid
Publisher’s rating: Falso
PolitiFactCrime & justice
Derek Chauvin’s trial and conviction for the murder of George Floyd was faked as part of a “false flag.”
Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire
Donald TrumpCrime & justice
"Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses."
Publisher’s rating: Depends on Who's Counting
PolitiFactCrime & justice
President Joe Biden and his son snorted cocaine in the White House.
Publisher’s rating: False
PolitiFactCrime & justice
In a recent year, the Milwaukee Police Department "collected more guns per capita off the streets than in New York.”
Publisher’s rating: True
Maldita.esCrime & justice
Han secuestrado a una chica en Benidorm, tres hombres la han metido a la fuerza en un coche.
Publisher’s rating: Falso
PolitiFactCrime & justice
“It’s not illegal to go inside the Capitol” as the Oath Keepers and other Jan. 6 rioters did.
Publisher’s rating: False
FactCheck.orgCrime & justice
"Nine years for doing something that nobody even can define what he did," referring to the Justice Department's initial recommendation of a prison sentence of seven to nine years for Roger Stone.
Publisher’s rating: We Review Stone's Crimes
Cory BookerCrime & justice
"In 2017, we had more marijuana possession arrests in our country than all other violent crimes combined."
Publisher’s rating: True
PolitiFactCrime & justice
A "study showed as many as one in four people have had a package stolen from their residence."
Publisher’s rating: True
FactCheck.orgCrime & justice
"Over the pleas of the victim’s family, John Fetterman was the only vote to release the murderer, the only one."
Publisher’s rating: We Provide Context
PolitiFactCrime & justice
“My opponent’s plan for people who commit sexual assault, sexual predators, is no jail time.”
Publisher’s rating: False