Kentucky Constitution

Article Bill of Rights, § 9 — Truth may be given in evidence in prosecution for publishing matters proper for public information — Jury to try law and facts in libel prosecutions

Kentucky Const. art. Bill of Rights, § 9

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Ky. Const. art. Bill of Rights, § 9.

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

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History

Text as Ratified on: August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891. History: Not yet amended.

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