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  2. Criminal libel - Wikipedia

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    Criminal libel is a legal term, of English origin, which may be used with one of two distinct meanings, in those common law jurisdictions where it is still used.. It is an alternative name for the common law offence which is also known (in order to distinguish it from other offences of libel) as "defamatory libel" [1] or, occasionally, as "criminal defamatory libel".

  3. United States defamation law - Wikipedia

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    Iowa (no statutorily defined crime, but article 1, § 7 of the Iowa Constitution states that truth shall be a defense in criminal-libel lawsuits. The case of Park v. Hill 380 F. Supp. 2d 1002 (N. D. Iowa 2005) set the basic rules of Iowa about criminal defamation/libel, defining what it is, while the case of State v.

  4. Defamation - Wikipedia

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    In Denmark, libel is a crime, as defined by Article 267 of the Danish Criminal Code, with a penalty of up to six months in prison or a fine, with proceedings initiated by the victim. In addition, Article 266-b prescribes a maximum prison term of two years in the case of public defamation aimed at a group of persons because of their race, colour ...

  5. English defamation law - Wikipedia

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    The crime of scandalum magnatum (insulting the peers of the realm through slander or libel) [6] was established by the Statute of Westminster 1275, c. 34, [7] but the first instance of criminal libel is generally agreed to be the De Libellis Famosis case, [8] tried in the Star Chamber in the reign of James I by Edward Coke who, in his judgement ...

  6. United States free speech exceptions - Wikipedia

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    There are four such areas which the Court has been explicit about. First, false statements of fact that are said with a "sufficiently culpable mental state" can be subject to civil or criminal liability. [20] Second, knowingly making a false statement of fact can sometimes be punished. Libel and slander laws fall under this

  7. Malice (law) - Wikipedia

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    The malice standard decides whether press reports about a public figure can be considered defamation or libel. In the United States criminal law system, 'Malice aforethought' is a necessary element for conviction in many crimes. (For example, many jurisdictions see malice aforethought as an element needed to convict for first degree murder.)

  8. He faked his own death in 2020. A trail of rape and fraud ...

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    Alahverdian, who said the encounter was consensual, was charged with public indecency and sexual imposition, a misdemeanor crime indicating sexual contact against a person’s will, court records ...

  9. Defamatory libel - Wikipedia

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    Defamatory libel was originally an offence under the common law of England. It was established in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland . It was or is a form of criminal libel , a term with which it is synonymous.