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: God specifically gives the government permission to punish murderers by death.

SOLUTION: Valid

PROBLEM: If we take your arguments to their logical extreme, we must then say that ANY FORM of ANY punishment is immoral.

SOLUTION: Invalid

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