Human
rights is the major argument to make people oppose capital punishment. Human
rights are defined as any fundamental right that human must have such as need
for food, and safety. They included civil and political rights, such as the
right to life, equality before the law and freedom of expression....etc. The Abolitionists
think every human’s life is priceless, even though the murderers. No one can
deprive their right to life. So they think capital punishment is unreasonable. Human
rights entail both rights and
obligations. At the individual level, while we are entitled our human
rights, we should also respect the human rights of others. The supporters think
every murderer has been disregarding victims’ right to life; they don’t have authority
to protect by human rights. Right to life means having intrinsic value and
worth. Before a person commits murder, he/she is acting rationally knowing in
advance the consequences of his/her actions; therefore he/she loses his right
to life. A person also loses his/her right to life if he/her chooses to do so. Human
rights law does not prohibit
the use of the death penalty as a punishment for crimes but it does
encourage its abolition and seek to limit its use. There have some people think
imposition of capital punishment would not cause the violation of human rights.
It would protect the wider range of human-rights violations instead by
protecting the lives of many innocents. There have an example from an article;
the author heard news, a 62 year-old grandmother, Betty Beets, had
five husbands. She had already killed the fourth one, and served a prison
sentence for murder, and she got out of prison early. She murdered the fifth
husband by shot him, and buried him in her back yard. In the case, cause of the
government excuse Betty Beets, and then make an innocent person die by the
murderer. Is it conforming to the human rights? It doesn't protect other people’s
safety.


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