TASK DEFINITION: We would like you to classify each of the following sets of argument pairs (discussing Death Penalty)  into either SIMILAR or NOT SIMILAR. A pair of arguments is considered SIMILAR if the arguments are about the same FACET (making the same argument), and is considered NOT SIMILAR if they do not have the same FACET. A FACET is a low level issue that often reoccurs in many arguments in support of the author's stance or in attacking the other author's position.
PROBLEM: Sent1: Most other first-world countries don't have the death penalty, but have lower rates of crime, just pointing that out.
 Sent2: The first twenty states with higher murder rates all have the death penalty.

SOLUTION: Similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: ...and if I do someday murder someone, I should be killed.
 Sent2: It wouldn't shock me if someone committed murder JUST to get those things.

SOLUTION: Not similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: If the execution rate decreased and the murder rate increased then that explains the deterrence effect of capital punishment.
 Sent2: Well according to your own paper, it says that you can't prove that the death penalty increases the murder rate.

SOLUTION:
Similar