niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
Sent1: If we sentence someone to life in prison, we can always free them at a later time if they are found to be innocent.
 Sent2: When a person does something horrible, we no longer see them as a human that values their life, we just see them as an epitome of hate.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: There is an even smaller chance of an innocent person being sent to prison for the rest of their life, let alone to be convicted of a crime and sent to death.
 Sent2: They shouldn't want to send an innocent person to prison for life either so it should have been pretty clear they were guilty already.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Firstly, many people say that Europe does not have the death penalty so the U.S should not.
 Sent2: Other countries not having it doesn't say anything about the morality of the death penalty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If the death penalty deters murder (as you claim) then why does Europe have a lower murder rate even though they've outlawed the death penalty?
 Sent2: The death penalty as a deterrent, our murder rate loudly speaks to that.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If the same murderer had been given the death penalty, and never released in the first place, he would not be able to kill again.
 Sent2: Ask the family members of who he killed if he deserves death.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Revenge and punishment I see as rather pointless; they impose suffering but give very few, if any, benefits.
 Sent2: I said that the definition and what I said are the same, because the one who is being rehabilitated is still being punished with suffering or pain and it is accomplishing the goal of them learning right from wrong.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: My argument makes it clear that innocent people need not be sentenced to death in order for the death penalty to be unjust.
 Sent2: The antepenultimate man to be sentenced to death was innocent.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is useless deterrent of crime because in the states that have them, they are not any more inclined to commit a crime because the threat of death penalty particularly if it is murder.
 Sent2: If the death penalty deters murder (as you claim) then why does Europe have a lower murder rate even though they've outlawed the death penalty?
Output: Similar
Sent1: The argument for the death penalty as a deterrent has been proved wrong by the implementation of it through history.
 Sent2: There is absolutely ZERO evidence that the death penalty deters crime.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I dont believe that someone who killed or raped a lot of people should be able to live even if they are in a jail surrounded by other criminals.
 Sent2: Killing the criminal would just make others angry, since there are other ways to take criminals out of the streets, like life sentences.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If inmates in for life actually got life in 100% of the cases, I'd be more inclined to support a ban on capital punishment.
 Sent2: If we were 100% sure of guilt I may be more inclined to support the death penalty, although it still costs more.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: It is proved that death penalty for such kind people is the simplest punishment.
 Sent2: There have been numerous people who were presumed innocent after execution because the evidence showed that they were not guilty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I dont believe that someone who killed or raped a lot of people should be able to live even if they are in a jail surrounded by other criminals.
 Sent2: What if there were people killing other people, escaping from jail, doing it again etc.
Output: Not similar
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: I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, I do agree with the death penalty, but why should a child's life be worth more than any adult?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: In all cases, the first punishment shouldn't be the death penalty.
 Sent2: The death penalty is the only acceptable answer in this case.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If I were charged to do something that forced me to spend the rest of my life in jail, I would rather die right now - I think they're doing the criminal a favor by putting him down.
 Sent2: Anyway, with that I would actually favor allowing criminals to choose death as long as they choose death with no appeals.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Darknight, This is a good point that I agree with and another Pro for capital punishment.
 Sent2: If that is the case I am against Capital Punishment.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I am very conservative and I am opposed to abortion and the death penalty.
 Sent2: This is why I'm aganist the penalty as punishment.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If we don't stop the death penalty before we try to fix it, the imperfect system will continue to convict innocent people while we determine what is best for it.
 Sent2: The fact is that as long as we have a death penalty (the only Western nation to have it), we will execute innocents with the guilty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Even though you deny it, your statements show you have no problem executing innocent people.
 Sent2: You have just shown your position why we should use the death penalty, but i have not seen the solution for people who are making crime?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: So if we can assume that innocent people are convicted in capital punishment cases, shouldn't we be free to assume that innocent people are being convicted in non-capital punishment cases as well?
 Sent2: Many, many people have already been exonerated AFTER being convicted of a capital crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I am not a pacifist, so I am not opposed to all state-sanctioned killing.
 Sent2: If there was no justifiable reason for the murder then I don't care who kills the bastard... the state or a civilian.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The penalty is seen as vengence, why do they let families of the victims watch?
 Sent2: I think that if the murderer wants the death penalty, they should be allowed it if the victim's family agrees- but for crimes of passion and misunderstanding, no death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The argument for the death penalty as a deterrent has been proved wrong by the implementation of it through history.
 Sent2: Many people argue that the death penalty is not a detterence.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Perhaps the most important factor in determining whether a defendant will receive the death penalty is the quality of the representation he or she is provided.
 Sent2: And that killer has help, he has the people that support the death penalty and will give him more appeals, and if found guilty he'll get an easy way out with death, he won't have to suffer.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If somebody is completely innocent and they are executed for a crime they didn't commit (which, with forensics these days, probably will never happen again), that is a problem.
 Sent2: So as long as only some innocent people are killed for crimes they didn't commit then the system must be sound.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Therefore the argument of death as a deterent is a joke.
 Sent2: There is absolutely ZERO evidence that the death penalty deters crime.
Output: Similar
Sent1: You can't get much worse than a death penalty.
 Sent2: So, in summary, you aren't against the death penalty on principle.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: SO in turn, there is no clear evidence indicating that there is not a detterent value to the death penalty.
 Sent2: There is absolutely ZERO evidence that the death penalty deters crime.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If we fail to execute murderers, and doing so would in fact have deterred other murders, we have allowed the killing of a bunch of innocent victims.
 Sent2: Odds are we are locking up more criminals than innocent victims.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: However, I think that the government needs to provide undeinable proof of their guilt in order to be able to sentence someone to death.
 Sent2: I'd be willing to give those already convicted and waiting on death row one more chance to show reasonable doubt of their guilt.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The statistics about the effectiveness of the death penalty in deterring crimes are very mixed and seem inconclusive.
 Sent2: I feel as though you're implying that the death penalty is an effective crime deterrent.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Only .06% of people who have killed kill again when they escape, are released, etc.
 Sent2: If it must be, then we shall find a way to improve these peoples habits, not kill them because they aren't 'like us'.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Only .06% of people who have killed kill again when they escape, are released, etc.
 Sent2: So as long as only some innocent people are killed for crimes they didn't commit then the system must be sound.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I used to be for the death penalty, however two things made me question my position.
 Sent2: I have a entirely different view as to what the goal of capital punishment should be.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If you raped and killed my kids, I would not want you to be executed.
 Sent2: If someone kills my child, my parent, my siblings, my love, i would want them to pay the price.
Output: Similar
Sent1: It seems that you're assuming the correlation between crime rate and countries with capital punishment is that the death penalty encourages crime.
 Sent2: I feel as though you're implying that the death penalty is an effective crime deterrent.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Either way it will cost money, yet if the death penalty cut out some of it's steps it'd be less money than life imprisonment.
 Sent2: Life without parole costs the justice system WAAAY less than death penalty cases do.
Output: Similar
Sent1: i think that life without opportunity of parole is the more humane and just punishment instead of the death penalty.
 Sent2: I suppose that, for most people, having to serve a life sentence without parole would already ruin their life enough that any who would be detered by fear of punishment are already detered.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If you support the death penalty and concede that an innocent man could be put to death, you must be willing to put your name in the hat, with every one else, to have the government execute you by mistake.
 Sent2: Even though you deny it, your statements show you have no problem executing innocent people.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty should not be catagorized as a deterrent.
 Sent2: IE - the death penalty acts as a deterrent to other would be murderers.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I support the death penalty, but feel there needs to be a better system of checks and balances to ensure each individual gets a fair trial using all evidentiary methods available.
 Sent2: There shouldn't be a death penalty it isn't fair.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If you are going to argue for or against the death penalty, at least try to be a credit to the argument and present something that makes sense.
 Sent2: You could just as easily argue that he was unjustly put to death and therefore it is a statement against the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: People who commit bad crimes shouldn't be allowed to suffer in prison for the rest of their life.
 Sent2: The government shouldnt make people spend the rest of their life in prison or jail because that would be a cruel and unusual punishment.
Output: Similar
Sent1: You need to find lots more for the death penalty to save more lives than innocents that have been executed by it.
 Sent2: Bleeding hearts will not accept the fact that the death penalty is a deterrent and saves innocent lives.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Given the scrutiny of death penalty cases, it seems that we would be more likely to lock someone up for life in prison and never uncover their innocence than we are to execute an innocent person.
 Sent2: So how about we stop a penalty that has executed innocents?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Life is a precious thing (after all, you're proposing the death penalty because of killing) and even ONE incorrect execution is one too many.
 Sent2: Yeah, including the human judgment that says that the death penalty is wrong.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty again has not only shown but proved to deter murder so therefore i wpuld suggest you reconsider your closing arguments.
 Sent2: You have just shown your position why we should use the death penalty, but i have not seen the solution for people who are making crime?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Long prison time only costs us money and is a huge waste... I suppose we can do a involuntary servitude thing for first time offenders or something if you have a real problem with killing them though...
 Sent2: The biggest problem I have with the death penalty is the cost.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Personally I am more interested in the deterrent effect of capital punishment over the punishment aspect.
 Sent2: This is why I'm aganist the penalty as punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Therefore, the Death Penalty stands as a humane form of justice.
 Sent2: IMO the death penalty is about justice for the loved ones of the victims.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I don't care if it is in the name of justice or if someone just wants to avenge a death, murder is murder, no matter how it is done.
 Sent2: In reality I wouldn't care if the death penalty were gone.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Once the danger is gone killing a person is simply murder.
 Sent2: No letting the family or friends of the victim kill the convicted person might be childish revenge.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: With all this talk about innocent people being put to death, I was wondering.
 Sent2: "We know for a FACT that innocent people have been put to death already"- then give me their names.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The deterrent of the death penalty cannot be directed at the executed, but does put fear in the minds of other potential capital criminals.
 Sent2: IE - the death penalty acts as a deterrent to other would be murderers.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Only some states use the death penalty, only some countries allow the death penalty.
 Sent2: If anything, this kind of "argument" is an argument for abolishing the death penalty, since it isn't used uniformly across the entire country.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Well I think that if someone commits a crime worthy of the death penalty they should get a sentence for life that way they can't be a repeat offender.
 Sent2: if someone commits any crime, then they are a criminal by definition and should die.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I also don't think someone has been put to death for a third degree murder.
 Sent2: I think I could kill someone trying to kill any one of my children.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: It costs far more to execute a person than to keep him or her in prison for life.
 Sent2: First it is more expensive to kill a person, then letting him stay for a life long imprisonment.
Output: Similar
Sent1: My final point is, whether you believe in the afterlife or whether you think once we're dead this is it, do you not think death is the least punishing form of punishment?
 Sent2: If you think there shouldn't be a death penalty, you're an idiot.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I don't think everyone should be put to death.
 Sent2: To summarize, I think the death penalty should be used, but only in extreme cases.
Output: Similar
Sent1: You're assuming (a) convicted murderers regret killing their victims (b) that they think of their victims as innocent and (c) that I care what murderers feel or think.
 Sent2: I don't believe that they should because if you kill someone, they won't have the chance to either get rehabilitated nor will they have the chance to actually regret what they have done.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Death penalty is lawful (in some states) because a majority of the people has agreed to give the justice system the power to kill with our permission.
 Sent2: The government does not have the right to kill people.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Besides I'm not saying we should apply the death penalty in all instances of murder for example.
 Sent2: The death penalty is not used for what it is supposed to be used for.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: And especially why would one do that if it means death penalty would become possible?
 Sent2: The death penalty provides a possible (but by no means apparent) benefit on crime rates compared to imprisonment, but a very definite loss on human happiness.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Both the death penalty and a life sentence would have prevent further murders.
 Sent2: The death of a criminal prevents him from committing any further crimes.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I don't care if it is in the name of justice or if someone just wants to avenge a death, murder is murder, no matter how it is done.
 Sent2: killing a person, no matter the reason, is still murder.
Output: Similar
Sent1: if a person kills another person it is murder, whether it is sanctioned by the state or not.
 Sent2: Additionally, i hold the belif that if it is wrong for an individual to kill, then it is also wrong for the state, which is a representation of the individuals, to kill as well.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty right now is to easy even I think.
 Sent2: I don't believe the death penalty should be allowed for circumstantial evidenc.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I believe there are certain crimes where the death penalty is an acceptable punishment.
 Sent2: The death penalty is about specific crimes, not any crimes.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Nonsense, the issue of people being put to death for crimes that they likely NEVER committed is only one issue with the death penalty.
 Sent2: People who will commit a crime with life in prison would probably still commit the crime with capital punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If it has nothing to do with the death penalty, how could it have anything to do with lives saved by the death penalty in the first place?
 Sent2: Why do people even question whether death is an acceptable form of punishment in the first place?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If I ever "murder" someone without cause, I would deserve to die.
 Sent2: Some crimes are so heinous that the person who committed the crime deserves to die: I would only agree to this if the execution erased the crime that was committed in the first place.
Output: Similar
Sent1: After we get through that, if he still retains the death penalty, it's a lot cheaper to kill him than to keep him up 'til he dies in prison.
 Sent2: No he the guy who killed twitter should have to suffer in jail and think about what he done for the rest of his life, and not be given the easy way out buy the death pentaly.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If I were charged to do something that forced me to spend the rest of my life in jail, I would rather die right now - I think they're doing the criminal a favor by putting him down.
 Sent2: I say if someone gets life w/o parole, they should be put into a real jail, rather than the country clubs many criminals go to.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Texas, with many executions, followed the same trend as states without any executions.
 Sent2: Texas has the most executions and the most murders as well.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Well, some other people feel insecure about life-sentences in prison!
 Sent2: There have been about 111 people sentenced to death who were found guilty while waiting.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: And had the death penalty been in effect, those kids might have died.
 Sent2: The problem with the death penalty is eventually someone will be sentenced to death when they are in fact guilty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty should not be catagorized as a deterrent.
 Sent2: Many people argue that the death penalty is not a detterence.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty is a punishment for barbaric outlets of hate.
 Sent2: The DP serves no purpose except for a barbaric outlet for hate.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Almost every study I've seen on the deterrent effect of the death penalty has suggested that it's no more effective than life imprisonment.
 Sent2: Because there's nothing to say that life imprisonment is a less harsh punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: both me and thistown have quoted Jesus to support our stance on the death penalty.
 Sent2: it is quite clear that Jesus did not support the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Does the death penalty deter evil more than life in prison?
 Sent2: But life imprisonment without parole also deters the criminal from recommitting.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Most people would agree that someone who kills someone in self defense doesn't deserve the death penalty, but there have been a couple of recent cases where someone killed someone in revenge for molesting their children.
 Sent2: There has been so much cases of people who have been executed, only to be found innocent after their death.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I have a entirely different view as to what the goal of capital punishment should be.
 Sent2: If that is the case I am against Capital Punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: But why do you have to get rid of them by killing them.
 Sent2: its a eye for an eye, you might go to their level but you kill someone you should face the death penalty unless they kill in self defence.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: And sure it is at a cost to the taxpayer, but whether or not we execute someone should not be dependent upon the relative financial cost.
 Sent2: The cost of execution is dependant on the state the prisoner is to be tried and executed in.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I think it could be proven that putting somebody in prison for life whent ehy have requested the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment.
 Sent2: Were I to argue in front of the Supreme Court (and I confess I have no idea what I'd wear) I would take the position that Life Imprisonment without the possibility of parole is Cruel and Unusual.
Output: Similar
Sent1: While I am not against execution, I would rather see tax dollars go to something a bit more useful than trying to execute one person.
 Sent2: In reality I wouldn't care if the death penalty were gone.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I'm pretty sure that the states with the death penalty do NOT have better crime rates or even better capital crime rates.
 Sent2: But are there any stats available showing countries/states with the death penalty have a higher/lower crime rate?
Output: Similar
Sent1: But the statistics don't support the idea that the death penalty is any more effective as a detterent than is a life sentence.
 Sent2: Most people who would be deterred already seem to be deterred by life without parole as a punishment.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The people who qualify for the death penalty are charged with committing some considerably heinous crime(s) that society has deemed unacceptable.
 Sent2: Many people find some crimes heinous enough to warrent the death penalty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Life incarceration will never let him kill again, and its cheaper.
 Sent2: By not giving the death penalty to a slaughtering murderer, we are telling the world that the life of this murderer is worth more than that of his victim.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I am "for" capital punishment... but if a criminal shows a desire for death over a life sentence, I prefer to be sadistic.
 Sent2: I see no point in letting someone live who does not want to live, or letting someone die who does not want to die.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Exactly the sort of person that we might want put to death by the justice system.
 Sent2: By the same token, if we keep administering the death penalty while the system is broken, we will have a much greater risk of putting someone innocent to death.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: And had the death penalty been in effect, those kids might have died.
 Sent2: (Assault would not be one of them unless it caused death or was a sexual assault on a child.)
Output: Not similar
Sent1: How can you justify teaching a generation of children that to stop killers from killing because killing is wrong, we should kill them?
 Sent2: if someone killed you wouldn't you want them dead?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: They shouldn't want to send an innocent person to prison for life either so it should have been pretty clear they were guilty already.
 Sent2: If the system is good enough to send someone to prison for life, it should be good enough to send them to death row.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I don't even give a shit about the death penalty, I was just making a point.
 Sent2: I think death penalties should be allowed for harsh offenses.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: No one asks a murderer if killing a person for wearing pink feels like killing a person that has killed another... It may be equally as justified.
 Sent2: killing a person, no matter the reason, is still murder.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The reasons given most often for supporting the death penalty are emotional reasons of retribution for the heinous acts of the criminal.
 Sent2: The reason to be for the death penalty is because it is just; the same foundation of support for all sanctions.
Output: Similar
Sent1: However, as I know many disagree, I think there should be understandings for justifiable murders.
 Sent2: I think it is philosophically and morally justified to execute anyone who has murdered another human being.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: One way that would make me happy with the death penalty is if the person was killed in the same way as the person that they murdered.
 Sent2: I do not think that a government should be unable to kill someone, simply that they almost always should not.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: With all this talk about innocent people being put to death, I was wondering.
 Sent2: But I oppose the death penalty because it has the capacity to kill innocent people.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: There would be executions for murderers and jail time for others.
 Sent2: The court time is not inevitable, otherwise there wouldn't be an argument as to the death penalty being more expensive than life imprisonment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is simply a legally imposed punishment given to felons who commited crimes for which the death penalty is applicable.
 Sent2: God gave to government the legitimate authority to use capital punishment to restrain murder and to punish murderers.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: As far as someone killing while in prison, or escaping and killing innocents, I have addressed this too, and have stated that this is part of the reason I support the death penalty.
 Sent2: if a person kills another person it is murder, whether it is sanctioned by the state or not.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I think people suffer more when they spend their whole lives in jail.
 Sent2: I'm not saying that a child's life is worth more than an adults, I'm saying if they killed any one they forfeit their life, because they in return lose what they took from someone else.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The jury came back with a recommendation of life imprisonment.
 Sent2: But life imprisonment without parole also deters the criminal from recommitting.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Living in jail for life costs less money then the death penalty.
 Sent2: No death penalty = less prison space = more money spent on building new prisons = no money saved
Output: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty is gives the ability to off killers and murderers, as, if they were given life in parole, they have the ability to escape and continue their crimes.
 Sent2: Still, in some cases death penalty would be the right thing to do (no point keeping mentally insane murderers just locked up for their whole life, although there could be some ways to use them).
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The truth is that the Death Penalty punishes those who have convicted a crime of extreme severity, not any criminal who commits a crime.
 Sent2: Yes, death penalty is not a qualified punishment for a crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty has not been shown to be more effective than life imprisonment in deterring murder, hence we should choose life imprisonment.
 Sent2: If the death penalty were an adequate deterrent then we would not have murder.
Output: Similar
Sent1: And if you show me where the bible say's to let the murderer go free to kill again, or to treat them with respect and dignity, I'll quickly change my stance.
 Sent2: I'm not suggesting that criminals cannot and do not change...of course they do.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The jury sees partially false evidence which has been biased by a lawyer and the emotions of the family members, and then convicts an innocent person and sentence him to death.
 Sent2: A life sentence can be reversed if th convicted individual is later found innocent by new evidence.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: abortion does not qualify as state murder like the death penalty.
 Sent2: the death penalty also is premediated murder,it demeans the state and makes society more violent!
Output: Not similar
Sent1: That doesn't ensure that we don't end up murdering innocent people.
 Sent2: Hitler killed a whole race, you are basically saying you don't mind if we kill a bunch of innocent people as long as we get guilty people as well.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If you accept vengeance as a reason for punishment then I understand why you would support the death penalty.
 Sent2: You can attempt say I'm being illogical, but you have yet to explain why the death penalty is preferable to imprisonment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If capital punishment works (deterrent), why do we have such a high murder rate per capita?
 Sent2: Which means that the execution rate may be low and still act as even more of a deterrent if publicity is increased.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: i think that life without opportunity of parole is the more humane and just punishment instead of the death penalty.
 Sent2: In every state that retains the death penalty, jurors have the option of sentencing convicted capital murderers to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I dont think the death penalty should be apllied in just any case.
 Sent2: I dont think staying in prison for life is more punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Not to mention that the death penalty is more costly than simple life in prison in both money and time.
 Sent2: The court time is not inevitable, otherwise there wouldn't be an argument as to the death penalty being more expensive than life imprisonment.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I am personally against the death penalty but would like to know in this particular scenario how just giving him life in prison would have been any different.
 Sent2: I am "for" capital punishment... but if a criminal shows a desire for death over a life sentence, I prefer to be sadistic.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Actually, the idea that the death penalty costs more than lifetime imprisonment has been disproved many times.
 Sent2: Not to mention that the death penalty is more costly than simple life in prison in both money and time.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I am not disagreeing with punishing criminals for crimes they have committed.
 Sent2: For that I do not disagree, yes hundreds maybe thousands of people have either been sentenced to death or served a period of time in jail for a crime they did not commit.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: An argument regarding the death penalty should be confined to discussions regarding those who have been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death.
 Sent2: Although there is much controversy about him, I agree that prisons, especially for those for whom the death penalty could be considered, should be punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Well one thing for sure the muderer or rapist who is executed will never commit those crimes again........He is permanently deterred........
 Sent2: If a person is deterred from commiting a crime it is because fear in that person's mind has prevented him from commiting the crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Because death and war has been around longer than man has existed.
 Sent2: its simply that the option exists to get around the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The point is, when a crime is committed that warrants the death penalty and there is irrefutable evidence to suggest that the personal being held responsible is guilty, than they should be sentenced to death.
 Sent2: They don't have to be sentenced to death until the evidence and conclusion is completely inescapable.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Death is a much kinder sentence than life in prison, if you are sentenced to life, you should get to suffer for the whole bit.
 Sent2: And no one said that life in prision is "much worse" then the death penalty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty demeans the moral order and execution does something
 Sent2: Other countries not having it doesn't say anything about the morality of the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I find it quite strange that no one bothered to ask why you why are against killing people...
 Sent2: I find it rather odd that many of the countries that ban the death penalty allow abortion as if killing a killer is worse than killing an innocent life.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: if you execute a pickpocket or give him life imprisonment, then you would have one less thief to worry about but I think we agree that that would be excessive).
 Sent2: Also, I wonder if a criminal thinks of the punishment when he commits the crime - if he were counting on being punished, he wouldn't have done it.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If the justice system is organized and operated correctly, then I believe the death penalty should be used, but it should only be used in very severe cases.
 Sent2: I think the death penalty should only be used when there is undeniable proof against the suspect.
Output: Similar
Sent1: There is an even smaller chance of an innocent person being sent to prison for the rest of their life, let alone to be convicted of a crime and sent to death.
 Sent2: Someone who commits a crime that serious should at least be behind bars for the rest of their life, no parole at all.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The people dying from the death penalty are guilty people who have taken the lives of others.
 Sent2: Only psychopaths will deterrence not work because most people value their life over others first so the deterrence of the death penalty is inherent.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Furthermore, for many years, the United States' courts have repeatedly enforced the obvious, common sense, important distinction between the actually innocent and the legally innocent (5).
 Sent2: The law recognizes the specific distinction between those legally innocent and those actually innocent, just as common sense dictates.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If a person wasn't convicted then they surely wouldn't be murdered by the state.
 Sent2: killing someone who has raped them or hurt a family member, while some of these reasons would definitely require being locked up the death penalty does not seem right for alot of situations
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I am not disagreeing with punishing criminals for crimes they have committed.
 Sent2: Also, I wonder if a criminal thinks of the punishment when he commits the crime - if he were counting on being punished, he wouldn't have done it.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: We seem to have more compassion for the victims and potential victims of murderers than we do for the murderers.
 Sent2: So we kill killers, but in the end, end up with more murders.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: By killing a person who murdered someone, you are just doing the same thing you are punishing him/her for.
 Sent2: If you raped and killed my kids, I would not want you to be executed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: And that killer has help, he has the people that support the death penalty and will give him more appeals, and if found guilty he'll get an easy way out with death, he won't have to suffer.
 Sent2: You could just as easily argue that he was unjustly put to death and therefore it is a statement against the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is gives the ability to off killers and murderers, as, if they were given life in parole, they have the ability to escape and continue their crimes.
 Sent2: What if they don't kill anyone in their escape attempt?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: No one who committed such an act should get the easy way out with death.
 Sent2: No he the guy who killed twitter should have to suffer in jail and think about what he done for the rest of his life, and not be given the easy way out buy the death pentaly.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Were I to argue in front of the Supreme Court (and I confess I have no idea what I'd wear) I would take the position that Life Imprisonment without the possibility of parole is Cruel and Unusual.
 Sent2: I am advocating life in prison without the option of parole.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Statistics show that capital punishment is no more of a deterrent than life without parole so I fail to see your arguement about society needing capital punishment.
 Sent2: The death penalty again has not only shown but proved to deter murder so therefore i wpuld suggest you reconsider your closing arguments.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I am not sure, which also begs the question on my support for the death penalty.
 Sent2: I guess the question begs to be asked to my friends on the left is If life in prisonment is so much worse then the death penalty why do you think most prisoners on death row would choose that option?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The truth is that the Death Penalty punishes those who have convicted a crime of extreme severity, not any criminal who commits a crime.
 Sent2: I am not disagreeing with punishing criminals for crimes they have committed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Even if the death penalty does not deter serial killers, it prevents them from killing again in society or in prison.
 Sent2: Does the death penalty deter evil more than life in prison?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: An argument for putting people to death is so that they can never escape and kill again.
 Sent2: Nonsense, the issue of people being put to death for crimes that they likely NEVER committed is only one issue with the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I also don't think someone has been put to death for a third degree murder.
 Sent2: With all this talk about innocent people being put to death, I was wondering.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is the only acceptable answer in this case.
 Sent2: There cannot be a "no" answer since the death penalty is already legal.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I think people suffer more when they spend their whole lives in jail.
 Sent2: People who commit bad crimes shouldn't be allowed to suffer in prison for the rest of their life.
Output: Similar
Sent1: therefore the death penalty should not be used, simply because it kills innocent people.
 Sent2: My argument is that innocent people have been killed by the death penalty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I would support the death penalty IF there was a way to ensure that it would not put innocent people to death.
 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.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Louisiana, a state with the death penalty and the highest murder rate in the country, has almost no gun control.
 Sent2: States without the death penalty generally have lower murder rates.
Output: Similar
Sent1: How many people with a life sentence without parole have died an prison and been innocent?
 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.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If murder is wrong than so is the death penalty.
 Sent2: What does this have to do with the death penalty?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: , I believe the death penalty has deterred at least some people from committing murder.
 Sent2: Death penalty should be allowed as it deters people from committing serious crimes such as murder.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I would support the death penalty IF there was a way to ensure that it would not put innocent people to death.
 Sent2: As of yet, we have not seen fact one that even one innocent person has been put to death.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Again, I support the death penalty for certain crimes and criminals.
 Sent2: I support the death penalty because I feel that their are crimes and criminals so heinous that they deserve death.
Output: Similar
Sent1: But life imprisonment without parole also deters the criminal from recommitting.
 Sent2: Most people who would be deterred already seem to be deterred by life without parole as a punishment.
Output: Similar
Sent1: In addition, it is evident that the death penalty does not deter murder rates.
 Sent2: If the execution rate decreased and the murder rate increased then that explains the deterrence effect of capital punishment.
Output: Similar
Sent1: i think the death penalty should be abolished because some people are sentenced to deathfor a crime they might have not committed.
 Sent2: Over 40 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes since 1990.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: So how about we stop a penalty that has executed innocents?
 Sent2: The fact is that as long as we have a death penalty (the only Western nation to have it), we will execute innocents with the guilty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: some of the innocent people that have been executed in the
 Sent2: There has been so much cases of people who have been executed, only to be found innocent after their death.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The truth is that the Death Penalty punishes those who have convicted a crime of extreme severity, not any criminal who commits a crime.
 Sent2: Death penalty are given to those who have comitted a very serious crime.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Louisiana, a state with the death penalty and the highest murder rate in the country, has almost no gun control.
 Sent2: Moreover, states without the death penalty have much lower murder rates.
Output: Similar
Sent1: People have been found out to be innocent after the death penalty ha already been carried out....
 Sent2: There has been so much cases of people who have been executed, only to be found innocent after their death.
Output: Similar
Sent1: killing a person, no matter the reason, is still murder.
 Sent2: As a whole has been decided that murder, that killing someone without a justifiable reason, is wrong.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Some innocent people are still sentenced to death, and that's where I see a problem.
 Sent2: I would support the death penalty IF there was a way to ensure that it would not put innocent people to death.
Output: Similar
Sent1: We shouldn't just kill someone if they commit a crime.
 Sent2: if someone commits any crime, then they are a criminal by definition and should die.
Output: Similar
Sent1: >_> Says the person who brought up freaking Nelson in a debate about the death penalty for murders.
 Sent2: There is no reason to give that person a death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: why should we be keeping people like them alive forever?
 Sent2: If it must be, then we shall find a way to improve these peoples habits, not kill them because they aren't 'like us'.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Therefore, people will think twice before they choose to commit a crime and also, the death penalty has been proven to deter the crime rate.
 Sent2: The studies are very clear that people are routinely convicted of crimes that they never committed, period.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I think that if the murderer wants the death penalty, they should be allowed it if the victim's family agrees- but for crimes of passion and misunderstanding, no death penalty.
 Sent2: Anyway, with that I would actually favor allowing criminals to choose death as long as they choose death with no appeals.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Deterrence is not the only reason I support the death penalty.
 Sent2: Arguments that support the death penalty are the only ones that can reference the Constitution.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: But on another note, I wonder whether he wouldn't rather be sentenced to death than put with the general prison population.
 Sent2: If I were charged to do something that forced me to spend the rest of my life in jail, I would rather die right now - I think they're doing the criminal a favor by putting him down.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Darknight, This is a good point that I agree with and another Pro for capital punishment.
 Sent2: I will agree that the death penalty is too arbitrarily applied.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Oh I'm not saying that the govenrment should do away with the death penalty on these grounds, I'm saying that Christian people should oppose it, you said it yourself.
 Sent2: Like I said, I don't disagree with the theory of the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If they know they'll die if caught, they'll likely kill more rape victims and children.
 Sent2: They support it because killing murderers is the right thing to do.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: You can attempt say I'm being illogical, but you have yet to explain why the death penalty is preferable to imprisonment.
 Sent2: Like I said, I don't disagree with the theory of the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Or you could merely ignore them and concede that the death penalty is flawed, kills innocent people and costs the lives of innocents in the use of how it is funded
 Sent2: Especially given that you have accepted that some innocent people are executed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: It is people like you that let violent criminals walk free, because you evidently feel sorrow for them.
 Sent2: You are against of violence, but have you ever thought that death penalty is also violence?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Other countries not having it doesn't say anything about the morality of the death penalty.
 Sent2: My conscience says that it the death penalty is immoral.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Again I want to reiterate that I am not in favor of an anarchist society where there is no consequences for committing crimes, my point is that society is better served by life imprisonment than the death penalty.
 Sent2: I am "for" capital punishment... but if a criminal shows a desire for death over a life sentence, I prefer to be sadistic.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: But I can't get past the fact that they'll be killed for killing someone else - it's hypocritical.
 Sent2: I'm not saying that a child's life is worth more than an adults, I'm saying if they killed any one they forfeit their life, because they in return lose what they took from someone else.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Almost every study I've seen on the deterrent effect of the death penalty has suggested that it's no more effective than life imprisonment.
 Sent2: I was saying, if the death penalty wasn't legit, and life imprisonment was actually the righteous thing to do, the concern of escapes shouldn't keep us from doing what's right.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If capital punishment works (deterrent), why do we have such a high murder rate per capita?
 Sent2: If the execution rate decreased and the murder rate increased then that explains the deterrence effect of capital punishment.
Output: Similar
Sent1: But killing someone because of him killing someone is quite hypocritical.
 Sent2: First it is more expensive to kill a person, then letting him stay for a life long imprisonment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: And if it doesn't... the people who have killed the most under the death penalty will end up strapped to that bed too if they make it a capital offense to accidentally kill an innocent person.
 Sent2: You make it sound as though if someone is innocent, of anything, they should be killed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty has been used as a scapegoat for many people who are against executions.
 Sent2: The death penalty is not deterrance for the person executed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is the best possible deterrent for crime.
 Sent2: Imprisonment deters possible crimes; there is always the risk of escape or release.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If someone is bad enough to be considered for the death penalty then they must have had sure evidence that they are guilty if they are then they shouldn't deserve the right to live among people they could kill
 Sent2: If a person commits murder, I don't believe they deserve to live.
Output: Similar