What does the sentence “I am a citizen” mean? To be a citizen means to be responsible for one’s work, for the future of our country. If we look into history we shall find that laws are conventions between men in a state of freedom. By justice we understand nothing more than that bond which is necessary to keep the interest of individuals united, without which men would return to their original state of barbarity. All punishments which exceed the necessity of preserving this bond are in their nature unjust. The end of punishment is no other than to prevent the criminal from doing further injury to society, and to prevent others from committing the like offence. No man can be judged a criminal until he be found guilty; nor can society take from him the public protection until it have been proved that he has violated the conditions on which it was granted. In the eye of the law, every man is innocent whose crime has not been proved. Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment.
The duty of the lawyer is not only to punish people for various crimes: from espionage to serial murder and terrorism. They must do their best to prevent crimes, to fight against evil in our society. They should help those people, who committed an error (broke the law) to find the right road in their life. The lawyers protect the rights and legal interests of citizens, institutions and organisations.
I think that the profession of a lawyer is one of the most important in the law-governed state, which we are creating now.