The existence of punishment carried out by law is one of the consequences of a
criminal act. one of them is in the criminal act of corruption, the punishment in
the form of capital punishment is permitted However, until now the death penalty
has not been implemented because there are many views that the application of
the death penalty is contrary to human rights whose purpose is to protect a
person's right to life to freely defend his life and it is inherent in every human
being given by God and cannot. be bothered by anyone. However, if the death
penalty is not applied, it will also increase the number of criminal cases,
especially corruption cases, because so far there has been no deterrent effect
except for the death penalty, but even then it has not been implemented. back
again to another legal view that the death penalty is considered contrary to
human rights. So with this the author will examine ith nomative research how the
views of human rights law in viewing capital punishment. His hope is that the
application of death can be applied as a punishment that deters the corruptors
without contradicting other laws.