The document discusses the goals of punishment in relation to the death penalty. It analyzes whether the death penalty achieves the goals of retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, rehabilitation, and restoration. It also provides an overview of the death penalty in Malaysia, including the offenses that carry the death penalty and recent proposals to reform it. While the death penalty can achieve retribution and deterrence, its ability to further incapacitation and rehabilitation is debated. Restoration is incompatible with the death penalty. The document concludes by noting public support for the death penalty in Malaysia but acknowledges reforms remain at the government's discretion.