“Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman wants to “eliminate life sentences for murderers.”
What FactCheck.org found
Fetterman has said he wants to eliminate mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder. He’s not talking about all murders, and he’s not seeking to eliminate the discretion for judges to impose life sentences.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
National Republican Senatorial Committee (Official party committee) made this claim around 19 August 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 August 2022, 6 days later. Its rating was “Distorts the Facts”.
National Republican Senatorial Committee has 18 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 7 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DYZO22uk08
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