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.

[EX Q]: Truth is, the number of innocents that get locked up is a lot higher percentage than 1%.
[EX A]: Valid

[EX Q]: 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.
[EX A]: Valid

[EX Q]: If there was another factor associated with the increase in the murder rate and not the death penalty, then the article itself would have pointed it out.
[EX A]:
Valid