The Declaration of Independence is not a viable document today because the "unalienable rights" that serves as its basis for discussion are presently compromised and sometimes abolished altogether by our own government. A clear example of this fact is when the right of "life" is completely taken away by giving a person accused of murder gets the death penalty at his trial.         The justice system, as well as most people today in the US, believe …showed first 75 words of 631 total…

…showed last 75 words of 631 total…not a viable document in our modern times mainly because it is not put to practice. Much of the things that it stands for we, the government and people, violate today. The unalienable rights mentioned in the historical document are violated everyday with war, racism, vengeance, abortion, corrupt government and juridical official, and finally the Death Penalty, the latter which violates the most important gift and right a human being has. The right to LIVE.