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: Almost every study I've seen on the deterrent effect of the death penalty has suggested that it's no more effective than life imprisonment.
 Sent2: Because there's nothing to say that life imprisonment is a less harsh punishment.

SOLUTION: Not similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: The people who qualify for the death penalty are charged with committing some considerably heinous crime(s) that society has deemed unacceptable.
 Sent2: (4)Death penalty does not intimidate people from committing a crime.

SOLUTION: Not similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: You are against of violence, but have you ever thought that death penalty is also violence?
 Sent2: I feel as though you're implying that the death penalty is an effective crime deterrent.

SOLUTION:
Not similar