Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-774
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Defenses in criminal libel action
Official statutory text
In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth
thereof may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it be made to
appear by the defendant that the matter charged as libelous was
true, and in addition thereto was published with good motives, and
for justifiable ends, or was a privileged communication, the
defendant shall be acquitted.
thereof may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it be made to
appear by the defendant that the matter charged as libelous was
true, and in addition thereto was published with good motives, and
for justifiable ends, or was a privileged communication, the
defendant shall be acquitted.
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