the Princes choice of banishing Romeo was the most reasonable penalty and I could not disagree more. I had seen the aftermath of that horrendous fight and Romeo should have died. He was not balancing out justice or killing in defense by slaying Tybalt, he was just carrying on where the fight left off. This choice of exile should not be praised nor defended. It was Romeos fault for Mercutios and Tybalts untimely deaths. And instead of carrying out the law for disturbing the peace, it is just not fair that he still lives. My nephew Tybalt should have lived. Tybalt would not have killed Romeo; it was Romeo who was enraged by the killing of Mercutio that led him to slay my harmless Tybalt. In fact, I remember the Prince clearly saying mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill meaning by showing mercy by pardoning killers like Romeo, only causes more murders. And that Benvolio, Romeos friend, retold the events to the Prince of Verona and completely fabricated it in Romeos favour; saying how he bid him bethink how nice the quarrel was, sounded like complete lies. This was a very biased decision as the Prince is related to Mercutio, who died, and Romeo was a friend of his. He should have stuck to his very clearly stated laws, but instead, he twisted them. And if the Prince thinks this will solve any problems, its not; disturbing the peace is disturbing the peaceno exceptions.