Does Meursault Deserve Punishment

An individual does not murder someone without reasoning. There is always meaning behind action. Meursault was guilty of crime, however, he did not deserve the punishment he received, due to an unfair trial and his mental state. Meursault’s trial was unfair. The prosecutor focused mainly on Meursault’s detachment toward Maman’s death. The trial was supposed to be focused on the murder of the Arab. Throughout the novel, Meursault appears to be depressed, and even mentally unstable at some points. He appears to have little to no emotion, even as a narrator of the story, which is unlike most people. Meursault was not in the right mindset during the time of the murder. At the end of the novel, he even mentioned that he was not ready to die,