TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Sent1: The murder rate for the state of New York, a state without the death penalty has increased this year with a higher rate of murder than it was in 2009.
 Sent2: Moreover, states without the death penalty have much lower murder rates.

SOLUTION: Similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: I am responding.....you seem to think thatg life in prison is worse then the death penalty........I am telling you that the prisoners on death row would disagree........
 Sent2: And no one said that life in prision is "much worse" then the death penalty.

SOLUTION: Similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: With all this talk about innocent people being put to death, I was wondering.
 Sent2: while it is a fact that innocent people have been placed and convicted to death row condemned to die, there are however people who are guilty and should die.

SOLUTION:
Not similar