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Mich. Const. art. I, § 19: Libels, truth as defense.
Where this section sits in the code
- Michigan Constitution
- Article I
Sec. 19.
In all prosecutions for libels the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and, if it appears to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the accused shall be acquitted.
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