Iowa Constitution
Article I - BILL OF RIGHTS.
§ 7 Liberty of speech and press.
Every person
may speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being
responsible for the abuse of that right. No law shall be passed to
restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all
prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in
evidence to the jury, and if it appears* to the jury that the matter
charged as libellous was true, and was published with good motives and
for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted.
*In the original text, the word is “appear”, see original Constitution, Art. I, §7
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