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
offenders
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
more accurately
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more accurate
. From my point of view,
this
issue should be
cosidered
carefully weighed
considered
carefully because
this
is a big area. Actually, the
lawers
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.
For example
, if a person has never committed a crime in a past, the court can rely on
its
the thing named or in question
it
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-
defense
(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
defence
or they have certain suffering that
can not
can not
cannot
be told.
Therefore
, comprehensive understanding helps to prevent the misunderstanding and
misjudgement
A wrong or unjust judgment
misjudgment
.
On the other hand
, social prejudices about people’s past are often
unconsiously
without awareness
unconsciously
affectted
acted upon; influenced
affected
evicted
from what happened in the past. If the guilty person
does not committed
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does not commit
the crime, the negative influence of his/her past might define
him
male possessive pronoun
his
/her criminal. In terms of fairness, the defendant would not encounter with unjustified
judgement just
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judgement, just
because of some minor previous mistakes. In short, to judge a person should not base on
a
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an
aspect but the whole things. A jury should have sufficient
envident
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evidence
evident
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.
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