Should the punishment fit the crime?

I totally agree with this topic(concept), as I see it, it is obvious that the punishment should fit the crime. From my point of view, an appropriate punishment must be chosen for every crime. Some teenagers who vandalise a school bus or noisy neighbours who frequently play rock music very loud frequently can’t be punished in the same way that an arsonist who sets fire to a forest or a murderer who kills someone after robbing him(them).

In my opinion, crimes should be classified in levels depending on the type of crime, and the punishment would fit to these levels(the level of punishment would be appropriate). So, we would distingue distinguish between serious, less serious and minor offences that will have different types of punishments. In addition, I believe the Judge should be allowed to adapt the punishment to the crime depending on his judgment. In fact, I appreciate the creative justice and the creative sentences practiced by some Judges in order to make offenders pay for their crime and at the same time learn from their mistakes. For example, people accused of speeding should be fined, should have their license suspended for a time but, in addition, should do community services such a spending some time working as a school crossing guard. (The trouble with "speeding" is ignoring the circumstances, it avoids having to decide if the driver was reckless/dangerous etc or driving within the prevailing conditions.)

However, maybe, these creative sentences are more appropriate in the case of minus 'minor' offences but they are not so reasonable(suitable) for serious crime. Nowadays, too often we find in the media, especially in TV news and newspapers, reports of different serious crimes like terrified(horrific) murders, devastating terrorist attacks, perverted rapes, drug-dealing cases, fraud and political corruption. In all of these cases, the criminals must be punished hardly severely and to the strictest(fullest extent of) the Law is the better for the society, in fact I am in favour of life imprisonment life, although not to the death penalty.

Unfortunately, those who commit the most serious crimes, know who can "make it go away" or wriggle out of the situation. How many times have you heard a politician say "I did nothing wrong" because they wrote the rules that allowed themselves to exploit their position.

Even the justice system cannot impose the stronger sentences because the prisons are full, so the criminals consider that a "life sentence" is not a deterrent. The public are supposed to be pleased that a sentence of 10 years has been set, but it is just a number, it's not actual.