Task 2 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?

Current British and Australian criminal laws, a

jury

has no authorization to obtain past criminal

record

of the defendant.

Therefore

, it is suggested that

this

method should be modified, and a

jury

should be provided with all the information about the

person

, who commits a

crime

, before the

decision

is made. I agree with

this

point of view and think that all past committed

crime

records are necessary to make a fair

decision

.

First

and foremost, I believe that with provided past criminal records, a

jury

is able to make an appropriate

decision

. To be more precise, if tribunal judges

are not given

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do not give

all past information about accused

person

, they may get

confused to how to

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confused how to

decide about their current

crime

.

For example

, some people commit several crimes repeatedly in the past, and they are punished for only the current one. While, other people may

accidently

without advance planning

accidentally

make a mistake and can be punished severely.

Thus

, in order to make

decision

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a decision

the decision

decisions

properly, it is important to provide a

jury

with

past criminal

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a past criminal record

record

. Because it may either mitigate or aggravate the

punishment

of the accused

person

.

Secondly

, evaluation of past criminal

record

may present the effectiveness of previous punishments.

In other words

, the list of previous convictions

is

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are

a clear proof of that whether spent years in prison was enough or not to realise of the past committed crimes. By evaluating past criminal records, a

jury

can decide what form of

punishment

would be appropriate for the accused

person

.

Therefore

, it is

mostly

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most

important to take into consideration of past

crime

sheet to make a

decision

about the method of

punishment

for one, who is being accused of the

crime

. In conclusion, I strongly believe that given past criminal

record

of

defendant

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a defendant

the defendant

to a

jury

is more beneficial because it may help them to make a relevant

decision

and proper

punishment

.