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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.
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Sent1: There is no reason that the death penalty, in general, should be more expensive than LWOP and, in many, if not most cases, the death penalty should be less expensive.
 Sent2: Is it reason to do away with the death penalty?
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Not similar


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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.
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Similar


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Sent1: And some people should be thrown away without being executed.
 Sent2: Why would you prefer people to be killed rather than jailed away from society so that their harm is neutralised?
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Not similar