The belief that punishment should inflict the same on offenders as the offenders have inflicted on their victims is ______.

A) Lex lionitus
B) Lex linurta
C) Lex talionitis
D) Lex talionis

Lex talionis, also known as "an eye for an eye", is the principle that punishment should be equal to the harm caused by the offender. It is often associated with early forms of justice and is still used in some societies today. Choices A and B are not actual terms, while Choice C is a misspelling of the correct term.