Task: Text Matching
Input (English): Sent1: Almost every study I've seen on the deterrent effect of the death penalty has suggested that it's no more effective than life imprisonment.
 Sent2: studies show that the death penalty is not a deterrent (which is one half of the reason for it's use) and murder rates are actually higher in states that have the death penalty have-had-consistently-lower-murder-rates#stateswithvwithout).
Output (English): Similar