“.we have a right to face our accuser in a court of law.....”
agreed.
But what does this mean? One can legitimately wiretap, with a warrant and probable cause, etc. The recording hears you arranging a robbery. Is it then your accuser? I’d say the wiretapper is.
Also in the case of a red light camera, the camera is not your accuser, but the cop who reviews the footage or whatever.
I am not defending red light cameras. I just don’t think you necessarily need an eyewitness to be an accuser to be accused of a crime.
A cop can read all he wants but he did not observe this infraction...He cannot speak on behalf of the red light camera. If he wasn’t there, could any thing he says be “hear say”. The camera is the accuser, without it there would be no ticket unless the officer witness the infraction. Bring wire tapping in is a totally different subject. As far as your suggestion of what is heard on a wire tap, no driver says out loud to anyone....”hey I am going to run this red light..it is comparing apples to oranges...