Freedom and Justice

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 a new concept, continues to be debated in our society. Is it or is it not right to kill someone who has killed another human being?…