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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. For judgement of criminal cases, past criminal backgound information is not accessible by jury which can lead to protects criminal. There is a advise from few layers that before reaching any decision of a criminal case jury should be given access to past criminal records. As per my opinion jury must...