The second reason why the death penalty should be incorporated as a form of punishment for capital offenses stems from its retributive power. Hodgkinson and Schabas (178) assert that capital offenders such as rapists, violent robbers and murderers require sufficient punishment because of the monstrous nature of these capital crimes. In this regard, Hodgkinson and Schabas (178) maintain that the death penalty matches the gravity of the capital offenses committed. The underlying argument is that capital offenders need to face an execution that has an equal gravity as the crime committed. Since human civilization, humanity has always viewed taking another person’s life is only punishable by death. According to Hodgkinson and Schabas (178), it is apparent that the death penalty is both retributive and punitive. From the punitive perspective, it is only justifiable that capital offenses can be punished by subjecting the offender to the same situation that the offender placed his/her victim. From the retributive point of view, it is justifiable that that the death penalty is the only equal punishment that can be administered to capital offenses such as murder (Gavrilă 82).