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: I support the death penalty because I feel that their are crimes and criminals so heinous that they deserve death.
 Sent2: Some crimes are so heinous that the person who committed the crime deserves to die: I would only agree to this if the execution erased the crime that was committed in the first place.

SOLUTION: Similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: Although there is much controversy about him, I agree that prisons, especially for those for whom the death penalty could be considered, should be punishment.
 Sent2: The way I see it, capital punishment doesn't have to be expensive at all.

SOLUTION: Not similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: The murder rate for the state of New York, a state without the death penalty has increased this year with a higher rate of murder than it was in 2009.
 Sent2: States without the death penalty have fared BETTER in reducing their murder rates than states with the death penalty.

SOLUTION:
Similar