Utopia Equal Rights

As a human rights lawyer, my job is to make sure that I protect and fight for my people of Utopia’s equal justice and rights. One of the reasons why I became a lawyer is because I wanted to help women and people in general. Being a woman, I know the struggle of not being equal and having to work hard to prove myself. I am concerned for my people of Utopia, and want to protect their rights of a fair trial and justice. I am concerned about torture and ill-treatment in detention in the middle east, as well as the link between torture, unfair trials, and the death penalty. My particular concerns are about the death penalty because there is a pattern of death sentences, and sometimes executions, occurring as a result of unfair trials where confessions …show more content…
as a country, we need to protect our right to justice and come together to let our voices be heard to preserve our democracy. According to the Bill of Rights, The right to equal justice, states that a person has the right to a fair trial, and if the accused person is found guilty, he cannot be given cruel or unusual punishment. According to Amnesty International, the accused weren't allowed access to lawyers and some were coerced into writing or signing “confessions” that were then used as the main evidence against them in unfair proceedings. Also, Amnesty International stated that, torture and other ill-treatments, and unfair trials continued, some resulting in the death penalty. A human rights group urged the Iranian judiciary to quash a death sentence of 22- year old Zainab Sekaavand, who was accused of murdering her husband, who she said had repeatedly abused her. “This is an extremely disturbing case,” said Phillip Luther, research and advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.“Not only was Zeinab Sekaanvand under 18 years of age at the time of the crime, she was also denied access to a lawyer and says she was tortured after her arrest by male police officers through beatings all over her body.” says Phillip …show more content…
Do we want to see innocent lives taken because they weren't given the rights of a fair trial? Or are you going to continue to allow women, men, and children are behead or tortured in jails? One day this could be your daughter, mom, son, or dad on trial treated unfairly. Put yourself in those shoes of those innocent people and what they have to go through. We have put in hard work and dedication to become a democracy, to preserve our democracy, we have to stick by our rights and freedom. If not, our innocent citizens will be fallen victims to the judicial system. The foundation of our country is built on the strength, happiness, and freedoms of our