Capital punishment is unmistakenly a form of punishment. It is distinctive because it is not just an ordinary punishment. It is the worst severe or serious punishment one can think of.
Here what is aimed at is the final extinction or the death of the person punished. It is supreme deprivation in our scale of punishment. However, it is not all punishment that are capital in nature and by so doing not all intentional killings are punishments. Intentional killing in self-defense are not a case of punishment so as to say, not intentionally killing in the pursuit of war could be so defined. Capital punishment in essence is unmistakably a special kind of intentional killing; the one that is brought about in order that the resulting death be the punishment. The death penalty serves to remind us of the majesty order that is embodies in our law and of the terrible consequences of its breach.
