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 British and Australia, a

judge

can'

t

get permission to know the previous criminal

history

of the accused person which resulted in the protection of the defendant.

Consequently

, it is suggested by some lawyers that

this

culture ought to be changed and a

judge

should be provided all the previous records before achieving their final comment about the case. In my opinion, I

also

agreed with the suggestion given by some judges. On one hand, the court doesn'

t

give access to past information of defendants to the

Judge

to make a final

decision

. Sometimes past events may affect the

judge

's negative views and thinking ability on the people who accused of the case but actually he/she not.

For instance

, suppose a person who was involved with a

crime

before coincidently but

this

person doesn'

t

commit any

crime

at

this

time. In

this

scenario, if a

judge

takes the

decision

based on the previous

history

, it might be inaccurate and punish an innocent one.

However

, know the other crimes would help the

judge

sometimes to give a more precise

decision

and prevent misunderstandings.

On the other hand

, it is perceived by some judges that they must need to know the past facts to make a final

decision

about the accused people.

Although

the

decision

should be based on the present

crime

and present laws rules, sometimes it is really difficult to know the nature of accused people without knowing his/her past

crime

.

For example

, suppose a robbery has been done by a group of the gang in a country but the police couldn'

t

catch them at the spot. In

this

case, the

judge

must need to know the previous

history

of these types of crimes to make a final

decision

. In conclusion, there are different ideas in court and laws where a

judge

can play a role based on the situation.

Nevertheless

, knowing the past

history

is the most important part to make a final

decision

about a

crime

.