Under British and Australian laws a jury in a criminal case has no access to information about defendant's past criminal record. This protects the person who is being accused of crime. Some lawyers have suggested that this practice should be changed and that a jury should be given all past facts before they reach their decision about the case.

There has been a constant debate between Lawyers under British and Australian laws on weather the jury should be given acess to the accused person’s past criminal record. In my opinion, the acess to the criminals record should be given to the jury for the fair judgement of the case they handle. To begin with, […]