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?

In England and Australia, a jury is not allowed to have ay information about the

offende’s

a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others

offences

offender’s

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past. Some

lawers

a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

lawyers

suggest that having the past criminal record will help the judge make a judgement

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more accurate

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issue should be

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carefully weighed

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is a big area. Actually, the

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a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

lawyers

who try to reduce the level of the crime. So they find some positive points related to his/her past.

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, if a person has never committed a crime in a past, the court can rely on

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the thing named or in question

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to reduce their sentences. .

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being in a murder trial, whether you want to know about the defendant’s past or not? Maybe they do so just for self-

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(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

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or they have certain suffering that

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, comprehensive understanding helps to prevent the misunderstanding and

misjudgement

A wrong or unjust judgment

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On the other hand

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, social prejudices about people’s past are often

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without awareness

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acted upon; influenced

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from what happened in the past. If the guilty person

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does not commit

the crime, the negative influence of his/her past might define

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male possessive pronoun

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/her criminal. In terms of fairness, the defendant would not encounter with unjustified

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judgement, just

because of some minor previous mistakes. In short, to judge a person should not base on

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aspect but the whole things. A jury should have sufficient

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evidence

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and depend on the

seversity

used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

severity

of the case. The defendant’s past criminal record could be a piece of convincing evidence that makes it easier to solve, sometimes the opposite.