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.

It is established in British and Australian laws that a

jury

is not allowed to know information about criminal past of an offender because

this

can protect that person,

however

, there are solicitors who advise providing a

jury

trial with all criminal records of the

violator

before they have made their verdict. In my opinion, the

jury

should not be given

this

knowledge due to the saving of unbiased perception of the person they judge and possible danger for the

jury

's members.

To begin

, if a

jury

is given information about past crimes of a

violator

, it will interfere to look on a committed crime. It is common knowledge that people often make conclusions about another individual with the information they heard or saw about him,

however

, when it comes to a criminal case, a history of previous offender's crimes should not be involved in the investigation but only facts and evidence because each violence is independent on person's criminal past but on circumstances.

For example

, in my city, the

jury

was given the all past facts about the criminal,

therefore

, they decided that in

this

time he is

also

committed a crime;

however

, after two years, the police found evidence that he is not guilty. There is another fact that material given about previous crimes may damage

jury

trial lives. Usually,people have chosen to be

jury

just random people with their routine lives that could be injured by suspect's companions who want nobody knows facts about crimes their prisoned companion committed. To illustrate, in Spain, before one court case started, the

jury

was given data about what an offender had done and with who; after the process finished there were recorded attempts to kill some of the

jury

members. In conclusion, despite suggestions of some lawyers to provide the

jury

with records about past of a

violator

I disagree with

this

consideration due to potential danger for the

jury

members,

moreover

, they ought to be unbiased about

violator

's personality in the sake of focusing on a crime.