defamed

“No Californian should be falsely arrested, defamed, or retaliated against because of who they are or what they stand for.”

In May, a jury found the 76-year-old had been defamed when it was alleged by an anonymous contributor that he sanctioned the 2006 killing.

They knowingly and maliciously defamed, and they should be held to a higher level of ethical and journalistic standards.

It will be for the 12-member jury to decide whether Mr Adams has been defamed.

"It was like having salt rubbed into our wounds. We had lost Iqbal and then the media defamed him. The dead can't defend themselves."