Law
Fact checks about UK law, how legal systems work, justice and human rights
There’s limited evidence that lie detectors will be effective on terror offenders
Lie detectors aren’t accurate, but that’s not the only measure of their worth.
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How long do murderers serve in prison?
Over half of murderers released from prison have served between 11 and 18 years in custody.
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Usman Khan and sentencing terror offences
After the London Bridge attack, there's been a debate over how people in the UK are sentenced for terror offences, in particular Usman Khan, the attacker.
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The BBC and ITV seven-party debates, fact checked
We fact check the key claims and major topics from the BBC and ITV seven-party debates, including the NHS, Brexit, poverty, immigration and criminal justice.
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This image claiming there are four million 17 year-olds who’ll be able to vote in the election is not about the UK
The image is about the US. There are only around 725,000 17 year-olds in the UK.
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More prisoners to be released two thirds of the way through sentence than halfway
The government pledged to mandate serious criminals spending two thirds of their sentence in prison. Judges already have discretion to impose this.
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That claim you’ve seen about Supreme Court judges getting paid £175,000 by the EU is totally made up
Some work ad hoc for the European Court of Human Rights, but that is separate from the European Union.
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No evidence for how Supreme Court judges voted in EU referendum
Judges have to stay politically impartial, and we have no idea how they voted.
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The Lord Kerr who wrote Article 50 isn’t the Lord Kerr who sits on the Supreme Court
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard is a different person to Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore.
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What does proroguing parliament mean?
We explain what it means to prorogue parliament, why it’s controversial, and how it could affect Brexit.
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