Alabama Constitution

Article I, § 12 — Prosecutions for Libel or for Publication of Papers Investigating Official Conduct of Public Officers

Alabama Const. art. I, § 12

Alabama Const. art. I, § 12 (Prosecutions for Libel or for Publication of Papers Investigating Official Conduct of Public Officers) — published by Counsel Stack Legal Research, free access to 12M+ legal documents.

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Ala. Const. art. I, § 12.

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That in all prosecutions for libel or for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers or men in public capacity, or when the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence; and that in all indictments for libel, the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court.

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