Massachusetts § 8 Justification in libel cases

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 8 — Justification in libel cases

Massachusetts § 8

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title IIPROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Ch. 278TRIALS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE JUDGMENT

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 8 (2026).

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Section 8. The defendant in a prosecution for writing or publishing a libel may introduce in evidence the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libellous, and the truth shall be a justification, unless actual malice is proved.

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