{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-774","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-774","heading":"Defenses in criminal libel action","body":"In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth\n\nthereof may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it be made to\n\nappear by the defendant that the matter charged as libelous was\n\ntrue, and in addition thereto was published with good motives, and\n\nfor justifiable ends, or was a privileged communication, the\n\ndefendant shall be acquitted.","path":["OK Code","Title 21"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"91170dc2968001d2b3da76dba7da7f42afc44e58e1b3d95f4a07a06d6af48880","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-773","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-776"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}