Since when is Libel a criminal act? (Score 1)

I have never heard of a case of criminal libel - I've heard of famous people bringing civil cases against print media for slander/libel, but I never thought someone could actually go to jail for saying something. This whole thing smacks of "go 'ol buddyism". The local law enforcement leaders are probably good friends of the faculty/admin people who got slammed or friends of the parents of stundents who were called "sluts". Small town fascist shit like this makes me sick. The judge who let this go forward should be disbarred (and believe me, it took a judge to get a search/seizure warrant for the computer).