We would like you to assess the QUALITY of each of the following argument (discussing Death Penalty) and determine if the argument is Valid or Invalid. A valid argument is clearly interpretable and either expresses an argument, or a premise or a conclusion that can be used in an argument for the topic of death penalty. An invalid argument is a phrase that cannot be interpreted as an argument or not on the topic of death penalty.
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Question: What gets little notice, however, is a series of academic studies over the last half-dozen years that claim to settle a once hotly debated argument ��� whether the death penalty acts as a deterrent to murder.

Answer: Valid


Question: But do you both not realize that you are no diffrent than them only on the other side of the coin?

Answer: Invalid


Question: It is a technique used when one has no argument.

Answer:
Invalid