Violating someone's civil rights is the number one reason the death penalty should be abolished. The Constitution of the United States empathetically states that a person who commits a crime still retains all their basic rights. Though their rights might be limited as a result of committing the crime; as in restriction of movement (Jail Time), not able to own a firearm (Convicted Felon), or the right to vote. Nowhere will you find anything that states, "You are convicted of a crime and now you are nothing but a number. From now on you will be forgotten and forsaken . In 1948 the United Nations, without dissent, adopted the Universal