My Opinion on the Death Penalty

It depends on the crime and depends on the situation, as everyone is different. For example if you have a mental disability it's sometimes unfair to be punished for committing a crime. It's an instant deterrent to the public but it's too easy to just kill someone rather than making the effort to reform them. Prison should be much tougher, as families of for example victims of murder will feel that they want the criminal to be tortured for the rest of their life rather than given an easy way out through a pleasant prison. Overall I believe that the death penalty should be applicable in certain situations but it depends on the circumstances.