Legal Trend: State Supreme Court Strikes Down Red Light Cameras

Missouri Supreme Court struck down red light cameras this week. The rational:

• One of the city ordinances stated no points would be applied against the person fora  red light camera violation, but that conflicts with state law requiring points for moving violations.
• Another city ordinance unbconstitutionally shifted the burden of proof of that the moving vioaltion occurred onto the defendant.

Courts have also halted red light camera use in Florida. Illinois & California have upheld the use of red light cameras while Ohio is facing an ongoing legal challenge.

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