Under British and Australian laws a jury in a criminal case has no access to information about the defendant s criminal record This protects the person who is being accused of the crime Some lawyers have suggested that this practice should be changed and

A jury's responsibility is to punish offender and protecting the innocent. Laws restricting the access to information of a defendant's previous offenses, is often debated by lawyers. In my personal opinion, any previous records of a defendant should be made available to the jury, as it could help with making a effective judgment and punishment; with the only exception for crimes committed as a minor.

While evidence is the major contributing factor to a judgment of crime, previous criminal records will assist the judge to make the correct decision when there is a lack of it. Moreover, previous criminal records will indicate any repeated offenses thus the judge could provide a harsher sentencing, or in the case of first time offense, defendant could receive some empathy. Hence, data on past actions could help make better judgment.

However, I also believe it is a good idea to restrict any records of crime committed by the defendant as a minor. Lack of understanding Crimes committed as a child should not in anyway mislead the jury or worst reveal sensitive information which may harm the future of a person, if a defendant is in fact proven to be innocent.

In conclusion, In my opinion laws should not prohibit a jury should from accessing any past records of a defendant but with only expectation of crimes committed before the age of 16, in-order to ensure justice is served.

Votes
Average: 5.6 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a defendant' or simply 'defendants'?
Suggestion: a defendant; defendants
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Message: Use simply 'opinion'.
Suggestion: opinion
...ses, is often debated by lawyers. In my personal opinion, any previous records of a defendant sh...
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Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
... the jury, as it could help with making a effective judgment and punishment; with...
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Line 5, column 176, Rule ID: IN_ANYWAY[1]
Message: Did you mean 'in any way'?
Suggestion: in any way
... Crimes committed as a child should not in anyway mislead the jury or worst reveal sensit...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, anyway, but, first, hence, however, if, may, moreover, so, thus, while, in conclusion, in fact, in my opinion

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 13.1623246493 68% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 10.4138276553 48% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 2.0 7.30460921844 27% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 6.0 24.0651302605 25% => OK
Preposition: 36.0 41.998997996 86% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1166.0 1615.20841683 72% => OK
No of words: 234.0 315.596192385 74% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.98290598291 5.12529762239 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.91114542567 4.20363070211 93% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.868116794 2.80592935109 102% => OK
Unique words: 129.0 176.041082164 73% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.551282051282 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 376.2 506.74238477 74% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 5.43587174349 18% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 16.0721442886 56% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 26.0 20.2975951904 128% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 61.454188498 49.4020404114 124% => OK
Chars per sentence: 129.555555556 106.682146367 121% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.0 20.7667163134 125% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.7777777778 7.06120827912 181% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.01903807615 80% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 8.67935871743 35% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 3.9879759519 150% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 3.4128256513 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.250914013825 0.244688304435 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.10130313007 0.084324248473 120% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0458681608607 0.0667982634062 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.155394183954 0.151304729494 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0298168566452 0.056905535591 52% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.0 13.0946893788 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 50.2224549098 90% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.44779559118 42% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.3001002004 119% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.9 12.4159519038 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.31 8.58950901804 108% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 78.4519038076 83% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.1190380762 123% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Minimum 250 words wanted.

Rates: 56.1797752809 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 9
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