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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

In

countries

like

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Great

Britan

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and Australia, there are laws which restrict the

members

of a

jury

in a criminal

case

to have

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access to

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information

about the defendant's past criminal

record

,

as

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to protect the person accused of the crime. Many

lawyers

have suggested that there should be certain changes in

this

practice and that

jury

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should be given all the past facts before they announce their decision on a

case

. I totally agree with

this

suggestion and in

this

essay

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I will provide certain examples

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to support my answer.

Since

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a long time, it's believed that " Justice is blind ". It's a completely true statement. There have been many cases in which people convicted of crimes are left free,

while

sometimes the innocent person is the one convicted and punished for a crime.

For instance

, there was a newspaper article a couple of months ago which described the

case

of the divorce between a

man

and

a women

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having

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3 kids. It was no ordinary

case

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since the

man

in question had a previous criminal

record

for theft and domestic violence. As the

members

of the

jury

were not provided with the

information

and facts about the

man

's past, they decided to give

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custody of the children to the father. A few months later, the father was arrested, when one of their neighbours contacted the police and complained about the screams coming from the house of the divorced

man

. It was found that the father used to beat his children. One of them had so many injuries, that he needed to be hospitalized.

This

instance just goes on to show the importance

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the

transparancy

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transparency

of

information

and facts to be provided to the

members

of the

jury

so that they make

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decisions

accordingly

.

Moreover

, it

also

helps to spot

out

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weaknessess

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weaknesses

in the system and can be used to improve these

probelms

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problems

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to avoid

such

mistakes from happening in the future.

Nevertheless

, it's not to say that

countries

have not acted on

such

suggestions given by the

lawyers

. In some

countries

like India, the

jury

system was completely removed from their criminal justice system,

while

some

countries

have made it mandatory for the

lawyers

and the court to provide the

members

of the

jury

with sufficient

information

and data related to the defendant's past criminal

record

. All

this

just goes on to show that justice is not so blind

afterall

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after all

. So in summary, the

transparacy

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transparency

over the data and

information

about the accused

persons

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past criminal

record

should be clearly provided to the

members

of the

jury

, as to help them make their decision

accordingly

.

Therefore

, I completely agree with the suggestions given by the

lawyers

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