TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: 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: Valid

PROBLEM: This study has been so distorted in the media and within anti death penalty literature that it really should be mandatory teaching in journalism schools as a fact checking disaster.

SOLUTION: Valid

PROBLEM: So, no, it doesn't prevent criminals from continuing their crimes -- they wouldn't continue anyway.

SOLUTION:
Valid