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Julius Jones stated on August 17, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC:

"The policy mistakes that ... the Clintons made got us, in large degree, to the situation that we are in today with mass incarceration."

By Will Cabaniss• August 25, 2015

Tony Evers stated on January 13, 2022 in News release:

Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.”

By Alan Hovorka• February 15, 2022

Mark Obenshain stated on October 04, 2013 in a campaign brochure.:

"Mark Herring voted to allow sex offenders, including rapists, to serve shorter sentences."

By Warren Fiske, Nancy Madsen• October 21, 2013

Erik Wallin stated on September 27, 2010 in a news release:

Says Peter Kilmartin voted "in favor of expanding the 'good behavior' statute to sex offenders."

By Cynthia Needham• October 7, 2010

Instagram posts stated on June 27, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Three white former police officers were sentenced to less prison time — combined — for killing three Black people than a Black man was for selling marijuana.

By Andy Nguyen• July 7, 2021

National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on May 03, 2022 in a memo to Republican senate candidates and lawmakers:

“Republicans DO NOT want to throw doctors” in jail.

By Jon Greenberg• May 5, 2022

Eric Holder stated on February 17, 2015 in remarks at the National Press Club:

Last year, "we saw the first reduction in the federal prison population in 32 years."

By Lauren Carroll• February 23, 2015

Elizabeth Warren stated on March 07, 2019 in a tweet:

"Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, commits bank and tax fraud and gets 47 months. A homeless man, Fate Winslow, helped sell $20 of pot and got life in prison."

By Jon Greenberg• March 11, 2019

Richard Ferruccio stated on March 08, 2011 in a radio interview:

"What we have now is the most generous, in my opinion, 'good time' bill in the entire United States."

By Peter Lord• March 21, 2011

Cody Smith stated on February 21, 2019 in a statement:

"On our current trajectory, we’ll be 2,000 prison beds short by 2021... We’ll need two new prisons soon, at the cost of $485 million over the next five years."

By Lauren Richey• May 8, 2019

John McCain stated on July 08, 2008 in an appearance on Fox News' "Fox and Friends":

"I investigated Abramoff and people ended up in jail."

By Adriel Bettelheim• July 15, 2008

David A. Clarke Jr. stated on April 26, 2015 in an interview:

The man who killed a motorist who fatally struck a 2-year-old was "back on the street" because he had received a 13-year sentence for bank robbery but only "served two years."

By Tom Kertscher• April 30, 2015

Jimmy Carter stated on August 28, 2013 in a speech:

The number of African-American men in prison has increased fivefold since he left office.

By Eric Stirgus• September 6, 2013

Nathan Deal stated on February 26, 2014 in a speech:

Georgia has saved $20 million through changes in criminal sentencing.

By Eric Stirgus• March 19, 2014

Van Jones stated on July 07, 2016 in a panel discussion on CNN:

African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 13, 2016

Jim Webb stated on December 03, 2014 in a conference.:

The U.S. has "5 percent of the world’s population, 25 percent of the world’s known prison population."

By Sean Gorman• December 15, 2014

Rod Blagojevich stated on May 28, 2018 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed:

"I’m in prison for practicing politics."

By John Chase, Bob Secter• May 29, 2018

Leonidas Raptakis stated on February 11, 2014 in a news conference:

Rhode Island is "almost dead last" among Northeastern states in the length of time first-degree murderers must spend in prison before they’re eligible for parole.

By John Hill• February 22, 2014

Sean Hannity stated on August 23, 2016 in a slide presented on Hannity’s show during an Austin interview of Donald Trump:

Says that in 2015, "illegal" immigrants accounted for 75 percent of federal drug possession convictions and 5 percent to 30 percent of convictions for murder and kidnapping plus two other crimes.

By W. Gardner Selby• September 2, 2016

Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 25, 2018 in an attack ad:

Says Jacky Rosen "voted against stopping criminals from re-entering the United States."

By Jon Greenberg• October 2, 2018

Fact-checking Trump’s video, images about South Africa during Oval Office meeting with Ramaphosa

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 22, 2025

The Trial of the Chicago 7: What the movie gets right, and wrong

By Samantha Putterman• April 18, 2021

Did Cooper prison settlement release suspect in fatal Charlotte stabbing?

By Paul Specht• February 9, 2026

Fact-checking the July 10 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg• July 10, 2016

Trump attack on former Stone prosecutors ignores critical facts

By Bill McCarthy• February 19, 2020

How do Barack Obama's criminal justice claims stack up?

By Linda Qiu• July 16, 2015

Is Census worker smoking gun in alleged jobs report rigging?

By Aaron Sharockman• November 20, 2013

Fact-checking 4 claims from the White House on Roger Stone’s commutation

By Bill McCarthy• July 14, 2020

A far-left group bombed the Capitol in 1983. Here’s how that’s different from the Jan. 6 attack

By Madison Czopek• February 22, 2022

Rubio calls Snowden scandal 'most damaging' espionage case in U.S. history. Is it?

By Joshua Gillin• April 22, 2014

PunditFact fact-checks the June 8 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• June 8, 2014

Biden’s big clemency move and a prisoner swap with China: Here are the facts

By Jeff Cercone• December 13, 2024

All of the people facing charges from Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling

By Amy Sherman• March 25, 2019

Fact-checking the June 8 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman• June 8, 2014

Why Wesley Snipes and Kodak Black went to prison, but Hunter Biden likely won’t

By Jeff Cercone, Sevana Wenn• June 23, 2023

Villanova University was targeted by ‘swatting.’ What is it, and how does it affect victims?

By Loreben Tuquero• August 22, 2025

Indictment of a president was unprecedented before Trump in the U.S., but not other countries

By Yacob Reyes• April 4, 2023

Cory Booker’s claim that 17,000 people are ‘unjustly incarcerated,’ explained

By Bill McCarthy• September 13, 2019

Super Bowl Ad Watch: Trump on criminal justice reform

By Daniel Funke, Bill McCarthy• February 3, 2020

Trump’s pardon comments omit why former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández was prosecuted

By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson• December 1, 2025

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