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.

Sent1: States without the death penalty have fared BETTER in reducing their murder rates than states with the death penalty.
 Sent2: In the United States, states without the death penalty has consistently lower murder rates.
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Sent1: My final point is, whether you believe in the afterlife or whether you think once we're dead this is it, do you not think death is the least punishing form of punishment?
 Sent2: If you think there shouldn't be a death penalty, you're an idiot.
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Sent1: Living in jail for life costs less money then the death penalty.
 Sent2: Morality aside, no evidence of deterrence aside, the death penalty costs more than life imprisonment.

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