“We have a criminal justice system today that is not only broken, it is racist, got more people in jail than any other country on Earth, including China.”
Bernie Sanders
Senator (I-Vt.). Tenth Democratic primary debate, Charleston, S.C.. Claim dated 25 Feb 2020.
Washington Post rated thisNot the Whole Story
In short
Bernie Sanders (Senator (I-Vt.)) made this claim around 25 February 2020. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 February 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “Not the Whole Story”.
Bernie Sanders has 49 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 6 of them false or fake, 35 misleading or mixed and 4 true.
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