Should we protect the rights of guilty humans or innocent animals? A commonly debated topic in America today is whether we should use death row inmates or animals as test subjects for products that could potentially cause harm to the subject. There are many good points why both are wrong, but if one life can benefit the entire population, then surely we can all agree that it is worth the risk of taking that life. Using death row inmates as guinea pigs could be a greater help to the human race instead of using animals. Death row inmates should be used as test subjects instead of animals because they have lost their rights, and using humans gives a better idea of ​​how the product will affect other humans. When a human being kills another human being, he loses all his basic human rights. . Every year we kill, burn, paralyze or poison over 100 million animals in the United States alone. These animals are innocent, but their quality of life is ruined or taken away for the benefit of humans. 92% of drugs that were found to be safe in animals after experiments ended up failing in human studies because they were unsafe for humans (11 facts about animal testing). There is an easy way to find out which drugs will work on humans without making innocent animals suffer through the torture of being tested. The solution to this would be to use inmates who are on death row, waiting to die, as guinea pigs for testing products instead of animals. These inmates will die anyway, so humanity might even get some benefit before they die. The average death row inmate remains on death row for at least a decade, but some may remain on death row for more than twenty years (Babcock, Sandra). It doesn't make sense... middle of paper... it should, especially if that someone has given up their rights. Works Cited Babcock, Sandra. "Time on Death Row". Death Penalty Information Center. Death Penalty Information Center. August 6, 2014. Web. May 8, 2014. Cunningham, Mark D., Thomas J. Reidy, and Jon R. Sorensen. "Is Death Row Obsolete? A Decade of Integration of Death Row Inmates in Missouri." Behavioral Science and Law 23.3 (2005): 307-320. Premier of academic research. Press. May 8, 2014. Sullivan, Dan. “Nation's Longest Serving Death Row Inmate Dies in Florida.” Tampa Bay Times. Tampa Bay Times, May 21, 2013. Web. May 8, 2014. “The Innocence List.” Death Penalty Information Center. Death Penalty Information Center. Network. May 8, 2014.Constitution of the United States. Amendment VIII. December 15, 1791. Print. 8 May 2014 “11 facts about animal testing”. Do something. DoSomething.org. Network. May 8 2014.