Death Penalty

I don't have a clear standpoint on death penalty. I believe that it depends on the person and the situation. If the person committed a gruesome crime then yes maybe he/she deserves the death penalty. But on the other hand i believe that everyone deserves to live their life regardless of the decisions that they made. Being sentenced to death is a crime in itself. How can you penalize someone for their crimes with a death sentence? Doesn't that make the officers murders as well? In all I'm not really sure how i feel about death penalty.