is this libel?

[tinarbobber]

What is the name of your state?ga. my husbands name was in the paper for arrest that he got and wasn;t even there at the time of raid it appeared in the paper that he was a possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. he has never been convicted of a felony how can they let people believe that he is some criminal when he isn;t making people in our neighborhood to believe he is a bad person and now cannot get a job building houses, his career. can we sue libel on this newspaper?

 

[JETX]

What is the name of your state?ga. my husbands name was in the paper for arrest that he got and wasn;t even there at the time of raid it appeared in the paper that he was a possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. he has never been convicted of a felony how can they let people believe that he is some criminal when he isn;t making people in our neighborhood to believe he is a bad person and now cannot get a job building houses, his career. can we sue libel on this newspaper?

And what exactly happened when you requested, in WRITING, for a retraction of their erroneous statement(s)??
If they retract the statement, then you have no legal action. If they refuse to retract, see a local attorney.