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.

[Q]: Sent1: The death penalty is sometimes claimed to save lives through deterrence.
 Sent2: But the statistics don't support the idea that the death penalty is any more effective as a detterent than is a life sentence.
[A]: Similar


[Q]: Sent1: Death penalty is lawful (in some states) because a majority of the people has agreed to give the justice system the power to kill with our permission.
 Sent2: God gave to government the legitimate authority to use capital punishment to restrain murder and to punish murderers.
[A]: Not similar


[Q]: Sent1: If the execution rate decreased and the murder rate increased then that explains the deterrence effect of capital punishment.
 Sent2: If there was another factor associated with the increase in the murder rate and not the death penalty, then the article itself would have pointed it out.
[A]:
Similar