Prior to the John Peter Zenger trial,juries in criminal (or seditious)libel cases were allowed to decide:
A)whether the allegedly defamatory statement was true.
B)whether the person accused of libel actually printed the alleged defamation.
C)both of these.
D)neither of these.

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Before the John Peter Zenger trial, juries in criminal libel cases were typically only allowed to decide whether the accused had printed the alleged defamatory statements, not whether the statements were true.

Prior to the John Peter Zenger Trial,juries in Criminal (Or