Comments on: Yes, jurors should be told of the previous convictions of the man in the dock https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/yes-jurors-should-be-told-of-the-previous-convictions-of-the-man-in-the-dock/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Fri, 20 Jun 2014 22:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: AE https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/yes-jurors-should-be-told-of-the-previous-convictions-of-the-man-in-the-dock/#comment-2182676 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 22:18:53 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=48949#comment-2182676 In reply to nev.

I don’t agree at all. If there was a previous conviction it shows a pattern of behaviour. Why this over zealous need to protect the accused?

What about the victim?

Having a prior conviction also is essential in determining the punishment. If the same person committed the same crime twice he should pay accordingly and nt shown the same level of leniency as a first time offender.

And I really do mean ‘pay’. It is about time that community service is introduced.otherwise ultimately it is the taxpayer who is being punished for the crime having to pay for the offender’s stay as a ‘guest’ of the State.

]]> By: nev https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/yes-jurors-should-be-told-of-the-previous-convictions-of-the-man-in-the-dock/#comment-2181587 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:27:17 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=48949#comment-2181587 While I am morally convinced that Mr.Cefai should have been found guilty of attempted murder I cannot agree with the idea that jurors should be told of the previous convictions of the man in the dock. The accused should be judged on the merits of the particular case in question.

]]> By: Joseph Buttigieg https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/yes-jurors-should-be-told-of-the-previous-convictions-of-the-man-in-the-dock/#comment-2180416 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:38:13 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=48949#comment-2180416 In reply to AE.

How so very right!

]]> By: Tarzan https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/yes-jurors-should-be-told-of-the-previous-convictions-of-the-man-in-the-dock/#comment-2180197 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:40:34 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=48949#comment-2180197 I too think that jurors should be informed about previous serious convictions of the accused. This would help them make a better-informed decision.

Withholding or filtering information to jurors is like treating them as idiots, but then you still expect them to come to the correct conclusion.

If this policy is to be implemented in our justice system, then it should be applied equally to all, not just to a random case as happened here.

]]> By: John Higgins https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/yes-jurors-should-be-told-of-the-previous-convictions-of-the-man-in-the-dock/#comment-2179574 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:49:51 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=48949#comment-2179574 And how did Pasqualino get back to court with a knife without this instrument being detected?

]]> By: admin https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/yes-jurors-should-be-told-of-the-previous-convictions-of-the-man-in-the-dock/#comment-2179177 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 13:11:31 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=48949#comment-2179177 Update this morning:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140619/local/should-jurors-know-during-a-trial-of-persons-criminal-past.524106

]]> By: Devlin https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/yes-jurors-should-be-told-of-the-previous-convictions-of-the-man-in-the-dock/#comment-2177583 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:09:18 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=48949#comment-2177583 I agree with the judge and with you. Jurors should know who they’re dealing with. I am not very much in favour of the jury system — I would prefer a bench trial with three judges for the more serious cases — but, once we have it, the law should be changed so that jurors know about previous convictions.

]]> By: john smith https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/yes-jurors-should-be-told-of-the-previous-convictions-of-the-man-in-the-dock/#comment-2177570 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:04:39 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=48949#comment-2177570 crazy … and at least admit that CMB has sat on his laurels for so many years doing nothing about legal matters of the sort.

[Daphne – Who is CMB? You have a problem making yourself understood. Also, one rests on one’s laurels; one does not sit on them. And you are using the expression wrongly.]

]]> By: Oscar Cassar https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/yes-jurors-should-be-told-of-the-previous-convictions-of-the-man-in-the-dock/#comment-2177468 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:58:37 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=48949#comment-2177468 Il-problema nahseb li hija l-gurija. Hafna drabi certu persuni ma jihdux riskju u dan johrog mill-fatt li rarament ir-rizultat jkun ta 9-0 anke jekk il-kas jkun car kristall filwaq li certu voti jkunu redikoli.

Ghalkemm fit-tejorija is-sistema hija tajba, fil-prattika naqbel li jkun hemm pool ta’ nies mic-Civil u forsi certu pensjonanti li jigu trained biex iservu ta’ gurija. Finalment imbaghad ghandu jkun il-magistrat jew l-imhallef li jaqqad is-sistema u xenarju kollu biex finalment tinghata s-sentenza.

]]> By: anthony https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/06/yes-jurors-should-be-told-of-the-previous-convictions-of-the-man-in-the-dock/#comment-2177386 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:13:51 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=48949#comment-2177386 If stabbing a person 14 times is not attempted murder then can some legal-beagle explain to me what is?

Maybe it has to be two dozen times minimum.

I would not be at all surprised if in our courts of law people think in terms of ravjul and pastizzi when considering stab wounds.

Halluna tridux.

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