On the Other Hand
Now that I sleep on it, I'm guessing "the defendant has the right to face his accuser in court" is just one of 18th century England's fundamentalist notions of justice that has no real or practical application in a modern court, anyway.
Like wigs on judges. I mean, c'mon - we used to insist that was de rigeur, too.
Well there, I've done a 180 on this one, so clap me in irons. The judge - in whom we invest the absolute right to make decisions about law - has erred.
