Re: Reasonable Doubt
'It's the duty of the lawyer to uphold the law. It's akin to a doctor making the oath to "do no harm"'
Taking an oath and doing no harm are not the same thing. Indeed, between them there is a great gulf fixed.
http://www.ourcivilisation.com/medicine/usamed/deaths.htm
Oddly enough, I was unable quickly to find any corresponding figures for the UK. Not that ours is a secretive country or anything like that - perish the thought.