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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: ...which is why I and many others favor life without parole, period.
 Sent2: I am advocating life in prison without the option of parole.
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Similar


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Sent1: Most other first-world countries don't have the death penalty, but have lower rates of crime, just pointing that out.
 Sent2: Also, within the USA, murder rates are consistently lower in states that don't have capital punishment.
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Similar


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Sent1: Societal punishment ought to be adjudicated by members of that society who have been offended or done violence to.
 Sent2: the death penalty also is premediated murder,it demeans the state and makes society more violent!
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Not similar