{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-article-i-19","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § Article I § 19","heading":"Libels, truth as defense.","body":"Sec. 19.\n\nIn 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.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 1","Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Article%20I%20%C2%A7%2019","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"a8cc6ff035b50e5a0ec01d429cbe914c10e25972ee319963d6dc07eb145410a8","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-article-i-18","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-article-i-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}