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Originally Posted by WarOnIgnorance
In the UK, the Department for Constitutional Affairs reformed the coroner and death certification system recently (from 2003 throughout the present).
One of the reforms was that coroners became fully qualified in legal matters :
The British Coroner is now a legal profession, supported by medical expertise.
More here:
http://www.dca.gov.uk/corbur/coron03.htm#1
Alas, the Bill itself is not downloadable for free (7.50 £)  |
No matter what the qualifications are, no one but the one pulling the trigger can say for sure WHY they did it. The coroner may speculate but he can't say beyond a reasonable doubt, that he knows WHY it happened.