Freedom and Justice. The war with capital punishment.

STATE THE ISSUE OR PROBLEM IN ONE SENTENCE: A highly controversial topic that has caught many peoples attention for years now, and still continues to do so today is capital punishment. DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM: The word "capital" in "capital punishment" refers to a person's head. In the past, people were often executed by severing their head from their body. Today in the U.S., most prisoners are executed by lethal injection. Capital punishment, although not …

…more barbaric, capital punishment was probably quite acceptable. However, in today's society, which is becoming ever more increasingly humanitarian, and individual rights and justice are held on high accord, the death penalty is becoming an unrealistic form of punishment. Also, with the ever-present possibility of mistaken execution, there will remain the question of innocence of those put to death. Man does not have the right to inflict mortal punishment in the name of society's welfare.