Sixty years before the drafting of the First Amendment, John Peter Zenger printed a pamphlet that showed the royal governor in a negative light. He was accused of seditious libel but was not charged. Why?

a. His lawyer proved what he wrote and printed was true.
b. The jurors believed in freedom of the press.
c. He was a royal citizen, and the king pardoned him.
d. The pamphlet included an accurate portrait of the governor.


a. His lawyer proved what he wrote and printed was true.

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