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: If we continue to allow the death penalty, we are no better than the murderers and rapists that we punish with the death penalty.
 Sent2: If we fail to execute murderers, and doing so would in fact have deterred other murders, we have allowed the killing of a bunch of innocent victims.

SOLUTION: Not similar

PROBLEM: 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.

SOLUTION: Similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: Implementing the death penalty will not eliminate it but help to reduce the rate of crime.
 Sent2: The crime rate was higher after the death penalty than before it.

SOLUTION:
Similar