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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: if you execute a pickpocket or give him life imprisonment, then you would have one less thief to worry about but I think we agree that that would be excessive).
 Sent2: Also, I wonder if a criminal thinks of the punishment when he commits the crime - if he were counting on being punished, he wouldn't have done it.
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Not similar


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Sent1: In fact, I think if Jesus did not believe in the death penalty, it would make his sacrifice that much greater, because he would be being unjustly put to death.
 Sent2: So all in all I believe in the death penalty.
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Not similar


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Sent1: politicaly correct death penalty we impose here in America may not deter crime as well as we think it should.
 Sent2: And it seems that every time we start talking about the death penalty, that we end up talking about whether or not it deters crime.
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Not similar