Fair or Unfair?

I think that the prince’s punishment for Romeo was fair even thought it didn’t seem like it was to Romeo. The penalty for that type of crime was death which means that Romeo was very lucky that the prince decided to just banish him and not to put him to death. I think the prince changed the penalty because Romeo was a friend of Mercutio and Romeo was taking revenge on Tybalt for his death. This will affect Romeo and Juliet’s relationship because it will be more difficult for them to see each other without other people knowing about them.