Socrates and Law

Based on reading this article, I wanted to reflect upon how the conservation between Socrates and Critos before Socrates was an important conversation on human rights. Socrates was a philosopher who believed in how true knowledge is the understanding that we don't know anything. In order to prove this, he went around many places, where he found people, and proved his point using the socratic method. This method is basically asking questions to find out if they know what they're talking about. Because of this the government accused him of corrupting the children, which is why he was sent to prison and death. I feel that they did this wrongly because of the fact that they not only violated his human rights, but also the fact that they aren't following their own code, which mainly relies on having philosophers in their community, and by going against that they are also violating one's rights by the fact that they aren't allowing him to express what he feels, it's a reason for what Critos came and asked him to escape from the prison. With respect to his human rights, it gives him more of a reason to escape. Additionally, with respect to fairness, it would be fair for him to escape since they owe him for putting him in jail and condemning him to death for the ability to teach. He on the other hand, teaches people of his philosophy, which helps the community. Lastly, with respect for the law, even though it's against him to escape, he should be able to show the law what they are doing wrong in the community in order to show that he wasn't doing anything to harm the community.