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Search results for "Paul Quinn, 52, found guilty of rape for which Andrew Malkinson was wrongly jailed for 17 years"

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Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Amy Coney Barrett overturned a $6.7M verdict after a prison guard repeatedly raped a 19-year-old inmate who was 8 months pregnant.”
By Jeff Cercone• March 29, 2022
Andrew White stated on January 26, 2018 in a claim to David Martin Davies of Texas Public Radio:
"There’s a large number of schools in Texas that don’t even offer sex education."  
By W. Gardner Selby• February 14, 2018
Florida Strong stated on October 17, 2018 in a Facebook video:
Says Andrew Gillum "oversaw a 52 percent increase in murder."
By Amy Sherman• October 19, 2018
Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2023 in a post:
“Andrew Tate officially gets sentenced to 15 years in prison! (Found guilty).”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 25, 2023
Patrick Gallivan stated on March 27, 2017 in a press conference:
Of "30,000 individuals arrested a year for crimes that are 16 or 17, over 95 percent of them do not result in a criminal conviction. Only 1.5 percent of them ultimately go to state prison."
By Dan Clark• April 3, 2017
Instagram posts stated on January 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Judge in E. Jean Carroll-Donald Trump trial “involved in sex trafficking.”
By Jeff Cercone• January 30, 2024
Mark Warner stated on October 20, 2014 in a TV ad.:
Ed Gillespie’s "firm even lobbied for five foreign governments, including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes."
By Nancy Madsen• October 24, 2014
Sam Olens stated on June 28, 2011 in a radio news story:
"If you're from Guatemala and you are found illegally in Mexico, you are automatically jailed."
By Willoughby Mariano• July 26, 2011
Instagram posts stated on January 04, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“Epstein List” shows 166 people connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
By Loreben Tuquero• February 1, 2024
Viral image stated on July 08, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows Jeffrey Epstein smirking as Donald Trump inappropriately touches a young girl.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 10, 2019
Turn Right USA stated on June 13, 2011 in a YouTube video:
"Janice Hahn hired hard-core gang members with taxpayer money to be 'gang-intervention specialists.' She even helped them get out of jail, so they could rape and kill again."
By Robert Farley• June 20, 2011
Facebook posts stated on March 10, 2023 in a post:
Video shows Elon Musk saying he bought Twitter and unblocked Andrew Tate’s Twitter account because “we need to escape the suppression from the matrix and expose the global elites.”
By Gabrielle Settles• March 22, 2023
Pam Bondi stated on December 29, 2025 in an X post:
The Justice Department has been investigating fraud in Minnesota “for months. So far, we have charged 98 individuals.”
By Amy Sherman• January 8, 2026
Bloggers stated on February 06, 2020 in a story:
Says with his guilty impeachment vote, Senator Mitt Romney “could be removed from office.”
By Samantha Putterman• February 7, 2020
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida stated on May 27, 2014 in a news release:
Florida has "the most errors and exonerations from death row."
By Amy Sherman• June 2, 2014
Joe Biden stated on October 12, 2011 in Flint, Mich.:
"In 2008, when Flint had 265 sworn officers on their police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in this city. In 2010, when Flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65, and rapes … climbed to 229."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 25, 2011
Glenn Beck stated on July 17, 2014 in an interview of Gov. Rick Perry:
Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."
By W. Gardner Selby• July 25, 2014
Donald Trump stated on October 09, 2016 in the second 2016 presidential debate:
Says after Hillary Clinton helped a man accused of raping a 12-year-old, "she's seen laughing on two separate occasions, laughing at the girl who was raped."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 10, 2016
Christine Quinn stated on May 23, 2018 in a presentation at the State Democratic Convention:
New York state has the "second highest millionaires tax in the nation."
By Dan Clark• May 31, 2018
Amy Klobuchar stated on March 17, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans."
By Louis Jacobson• March 22, 2019

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By Will Doran• April 22, 2016

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By John Kruzel• October 30, 2017

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