Under British and Australian laws a jury in a criminal case has no access to information about the defendant's past criminal record. This protects the person who is being accused of the crime. Some lawyers have suggested that this practice should be changed and that a jury should be given all the past facts before they reach their decision about the case. Do you agree or disagree?

The authorities of developed countries, have enacted laws that

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, from visualizing past criminal

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of the accused. It has been opined by attorneys that

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trend be looked into and a

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be given the opportunity to get all previous fact about the

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is given. I agree with

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opinion, is that, when past records of the accused are laid

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, it gives the whole history of the

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. There are people with criminal minds, and

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may only be seen when a

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goes through past records. Take as an example; an individual who is accused of murder, every

defendant

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pleads not guilty in the court of law, but if those that are to give

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verdict

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a verdict

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of the accused, it gives them the opportunity to know the individual beyond the words of mouth.

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, they give an impartial judgement.

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, if a

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knows nothing about the accused, cross-examination might become difficult, but when a

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does not deny

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access to past records, they are able to get the

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, in Nigeria, where all

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either past or present are provided, it has been seen that people with past criminal records, are often guilty of the present crime,

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, a correct

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is given.

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, when past records are supplied to those are sworn to give an impartial

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, they might become biased. There is no law that says an ex-criminal is always a criminal, when previous records

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, they have a free mind towards the

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. To sum it up, granting

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access to a

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's previous criminal facts, gives them cogent

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as regards the accused,

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allowing for good cross-examination, resulting into good and fair judgement.

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, a

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to be more careful, so as not to become biased due to the facts he knows about the accused,

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affecting his

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