MCL - Article I § 19

STATE CONSTITUTION (EXCERPT)
CONSTITUTION OF MICHIGAN OF 1963


§ 19 Libels, truth as defense.

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.


History: Const. 1963, Art. I, § 19, Eff. Jan 1. 1964
Former Constitution: See Const. 1908, Art. II, § 18.