This is exactly why the 6th Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees the right to face your accuser. "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy

This is exactly why the 6th Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees the right to face your accuser. "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right…to be confronted with the witnesses against him" It's harder to accuse someone, or even insult or disparage them, when you have to face them. And that is something that should be hard to do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confrontation_Clause http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confrontation_Clause