Lex talionis embodies which of the following principles?

A. Criminal punishment should correspond in degree and kind to the offense.
B. "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" is legal punishment.
C. Vengeance is a private affair, and the duty of the victim or victim's family to carry out, not a public matter.
D. All of these are correct.


Answer: D

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