niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
Sent1: The death penalty has been used as a scapegoat for many people who are against executions.
 Sent2: The death penalty is not used for what it is supposed to be used for.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The way I see it, capital punishment doesn't have to be expensive at all.
 Sent2: If that is the case I am against Capital Punishment.
Output: Not 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: Most people deranged enough to commit crimes worthy of the death penalty feel no remorse for what they have done.
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: Most people deranged enough to commit crimes worthy of the death penalty feel no remorse for what they have done.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: what you are saying is that we should murder people because the prisons are overcrowded.
 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: 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: Killing a person for them killing someone else ( I understand this is not necessarily the criteria for receiving the death penalty) makes you no better than the executed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Living in jail for life costs less money then the death penalty.
 Sent2: Texas' system of capital punishment is less than a quarter the cost of housing a criminal for life.
Output: Similar
Sent1: There are many countries with lower murder rates than the U.S. and no death penalty.
 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 thing is, without the death penalty there is absolutely no deterrent from committing heinous crimes.
 Sent2: Death penalty should be allowed as it deters people from committing serious crimes such as murder.
Output: 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 would prefer to live in a society where no death penalty was handed out cause there was no crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: This is why I said what I said in the first place about why I'm against the death penalty.
 Sent2: As far as the deterrent argument, I have said this before, and I will say it again: There is no accurate way to measure if the death penalty is deterring crime or not.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The question with the death penalty is not kill or give no punishment.
 Sent2: The death penalty is simply a legally imposed punishment given to felons who commited crimes for which the death penalty is applicable.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Even if you think about it a second before you do it, you thought about it, and, then, it classifies it as murder.
 Sent2: You are against of violence, but have you ever thought that death penalty is also violence?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If you raped and killed my kids, I would not want you to be executed.
 Sent2: if someone killed you wouldn't you want them dead?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: We shouldn't just kill someone if they commit a crime.
 Sent2: >>>If we are sure they raped & killed those innocent children then we should let them die.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is not deterrance for the person executed.
 Sent2: The death penalty has been found to be a more effective deterrent to crimes against children.
Output: 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: An argument for putting people to death is so that they can never escape and kill again.
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: A life sentence does not prevent a murderer from murdering again.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If these are indeed comparable, I wouldn't argue for the death penalty even in murder.
 Sent2: I am very conservative and I am opposed to abortion and the death penalty.
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 someone killed you wouldn't you want them dead?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If I heard of an innocent stranger being brutally killed, I might want to see the perpetrator suffer because of the suffering of the victim - that is VENGEANCE pure and simple.
 Sent2: I have been a victim of rape and if I were a victim of murder I would not desire the death penalty for the perpetrator.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I think at least if they are innocent they would be happier as I am living without that safety net than being killed because we don't think they should have a right to fight for thier lives leagally.
 Sent2: If a person commits murder, I don't believe they deserve to live.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If we can not prevent the innocent from unjust punishment, we should not have the death penalty.
 Sent2: If the death penalty were an adequate deterrent then we would not have murder.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The people dying from the death penalty are guilty people who have taken the lives of others.
 Sent2: How many people with a life sentence without parole have died an prison and been innocent?
Output: Not 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: How many people with a life sentence without parole have died an prison and been innocent?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I believe that people who have killed, raped, tortured, or have done any other extreme act of violence should get the death penalty.
 Sent2: 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.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I believe that if person takes the life of another, he should lose his life.
 Sent2: I'm also against death penalty because no one except God has the right to take person's life.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: There is no way to determine how many murders would have been committed.
 Sent2: The death penalty executes felons found guilty of especially heinous crimes.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is an effective deterrent when used properly.
 Sent2: These two statistics show that the justice system is too imperfect for capital punishment to be used effectively.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The question is should the death penalty be allowed as a form of punishment.
 Sent2: The question of the death penalty is a tricky issue.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: A little faith in the system, after all, it is good enough to sentence someone to LWOP.
 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: Not similar
Sent1: So, in summary, you aren't against the death penalty on principle.
 Sent2: And hey, if you think man is just an animal, then the death penalty shouldn't matter to you since you can't say life has any intrinsic value (remember, you believe in relativity).
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: We let killers out of prison so they can kill again.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: In any case, he didn't say that the penalty for sin is death, he said the penalty for one particular action which Adam couldn't even know was wrong, being unaware of good and evil, was death.
 Sent2: What he has done, if he really has done those actioons, is wrong, but that doesn't imo justify the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
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: 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: Not similar
Sent1: Without the death penalty, the criminal would probably die in prison because it is very unlikely he would be released or escape.
 Sent2: So what does he have to do with a debate like this about murderers and the death penalty?
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: Most people who would be deterred already seem to be deterred by life without parole as a punishment.
Output: Similar
Sent1: >>>If we are sure they raped & killed those innocent children then we should let them die.
 Sent2: (Assault would not be one of them unless it caused death or was a sexual assault on a child.)
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is no more revnege than is any other sanction, meaning not at all.
 Sent2: And especially why would one do that if it means death penalty would become possible?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: if someone commits any crime, then they are a criminal by definition and should die.
 Sent2: So, when someone gets the death penalty, they chose their own fate by committing the crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I'm not really in favor of killing innocent people either.
 Sent2: There is no way that I believe it is okay to execute innocent people because of a flawed system.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The way I see it people who murder shouldn't be sentenced to death or spend life in the jails we have here there to nice.
 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: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is sometimes claimed to save lives through deterrence.
 Sent2: 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?
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 someone is wrongly convicted of a crime and put in jail, they can be released if they're found to be innocent.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If they know they'll die if caught, they'll likely kill more rape victims and children.
 Sent2: If a person wasn't convicted then they surely wouldn't be murdered by the state.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Most other first-world countries don't have the death penalty, but have lower rates of crime, just pointing that out.
 Sent2: Indeed, the states with the death penalty on average have a higher per capita murder rate than those without - suggesting that other factors (economy, etc.) play a much larger role.
Output: 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 chose to kill someone who wasn't endangering your life at the moment you deserve to be killed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: So as long as only some innocent people are killed for crimes they didn't commit then the system must be sound.
 Sent2: This process is needed in order to ensure that innocent men and woman are not executed for crimes they did not commit, and even with these protections the risk of executing an innocent person can not be completely eliminated.
Output: Similar
Sent1: So as long as only some innocent people are killed for crimes they didn't commit then the system must be sound.
 Sent2: This process is needed in order to ensure that innocent men and woman are not executed for crimes they did not commit, and even with these protections the risk of executing an innocent person can not be completely eliminated."
Output: Similar
Sent1: We shouldn't just kill someone if they commit a crime.
 Sent2: So, when someone gets the death penalty, they chose their own fate by committing the crime.
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 do not support the death penalty - but it's not because I feel bad for criminals.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: In the case of premeditated murder, the death penalty makes even less sense as a deterent.
 Sent2: Death penalty is then in this case a lawful murder.
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: Part of the problem we have in America is people feel sympathy for criminals, even the violent ones.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Exactly the sort of person that we might want put to death by the justice system.
 Sent2: i think most people here are arguing that our justice system does not require absolute certainty in order to sentence someone to the death penalty, and we can almost never have absolute certainty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: We shouldn't just kill someone if they commit a crime.
 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: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty is not deterrance for the person executed.
 Sent2: The death penalty doesn't reverse the death of the victim.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Same with the others, if they are in solitary and they succeed in killing someone else , death penalty then fine.
 Sent2: If a person just raped someone (this is just an example) they shouldn't be killed for it, but something like a mass murdering or serial killing should be dealt with by putting them to death.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: 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.
 Sent2: The studies are very clear that people are routinely convicted of crimes that they never committed, period.
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: So, when someone gets the death penalty, they chose their own fate by committing the crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: You should also note that the one scenario I think the death penalty is acceptable for is if they try to escape using violence or if they attack another prisoner.
 Sent2: I suppose you could say "well it keeps them from harming society" but so does the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: In all cases, the first punishment shouldn't be the death penalty.
 Sent2: Why do people even question whether death is an acceptable form of punishment in the first place?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I see what you mean, but i'm still against killing people .
 Sent2: I highly doubt the backing of why you personally would want the death penalty invoked is because you're worried at home that a mass murderer is going to escape and kill you or someone you love... seriously?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Both the death penalty and a life sentence would have prevent further murders.
 Sent2: Even if the death penalty does not deter serial killers, it prevents them from killing again in society or in prison.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: As far as I know, you may as well ACTUALLY believe any number of things, if you actually believe in the death penalty.
 Sent2: Point out how many executions are taking place per year and compared to that the murder rate and tell me what you are seeing.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Furthermore, any assertion that the death penalty is not a deterrent is false.
 Sent2: Many people argue that the death penalty is not a detterence.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I support the death penalty because I feel that their are crimes and criminals so heinous that they deserve death.
 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: I support the death penalty because I feel that their are crimes and criminals so heinous that they deserve death.
 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: Punishment and retribution is a right of the family after there loved ones were taken away from them and no one should tell them that they do not have the right to.
 Sent2: The penalty is seen as vengence, why do they let families of the victims watch?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Punishment and retribution is a right of the family after there loved ones were taken away from them and no one should tell them that they do not have the right to.
 Sent2: Because they love to butt-fuck and they're usually pro-capitol punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: But why do you have to get rid of them by killing them.
 Sent2: They support it because killing murderers is the right thing to do.
Output: Similar
Sent1: In all cases, the first punishment shouldn't be the death penalty.
 Sent2: Death penalty is then in this case a lawful murder.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: As it is today, when someone murderers another, the death penalty is considered, as it should be.
 Sent2: Yes, because death penalty will really make people think more deeply before kill somebody or steal something.
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: So, when someone gets the death penalty, they chose their own fate by committing the crime.
Output: Not 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: 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: Similar
Sent1: There would be executions for murderers and jail time for others.
 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: So, the only reason I can really see why people support the death penalty is to have simple vengeance against the perpretrator.
 Sent2: It is proved that death penalty for such kind people is the simplest punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty doesn't need to serve as a deterrent to crime.
 Sent2: IE - the death penalty acts as a deterrent to other would be murderers.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is about specific crimes, not any crimes.
 Sent2: The thing is, without the death penalty there is absolutely no deterrent from committing heinous crimes.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I see what you mean, but i'm still against killing people .
 Sent2: Serial killers, "How many people did you kill?"
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Most people deranged enough to commit crimes worthy of the death penalty feel no remorse for what they have done.
 Sent2: Many people find some crimes heinous enough to warrent the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: We could get the person who may kill in the future.
 Sent2: We shouldn't just kill someone if they commit a crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Others have said that the death penalty is biblically wrong.
 Sent2: If murder is wrong than so is the death penalty.
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 have fared BETTER in reducing their murder rates than states with the death penalty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: >>>If we are sure they raped & killed those innocent children then we should let them die.
 Sent2: If a person just raped someone (this is just an example) they shouldn't be killed for it, but something like a mass murdering or serial killing should be dealt with by putting them to death.
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: The thing is, without the death penalty there is absolutely no deterrent from committing heinous crimes.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Firstly there has been no proof that an Innocent man has ever been placed on death row.
 Sent2: The antepenultimate man to be sentenced to death was innocent.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If someone were to torture and kill one of my kids, I don�۪t think killing them would be punishment enough.
 Sent2: If someone kills my child, my parent, my siblings, my love, i would want them to pay the price.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I see what you mean, but i'm still against killing people .
 Sent2: However, as I know many disagree, I think there should be understandings for justifiable murders.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If a person wasn't convicted then they surely wouldn't be murdered by the state.
 Sent2: The government doesn't have the right to take away someone's life, even in the case of murder.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If we focused on the death penalty in the trial, we wouldn't have those costs.
 Sent2: What we need are harsher sentences including the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The question is should the death penalty be allowed as a form of punishment.
 Sent2: The problem with capital punishment, however, is that it is permanent.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: To summarize, I think the death penalty should be used, but only in extreme cases.
 Sent2: I certainly wouldn't count you as a friend, but I consider myself "liberal" in the way Americans use the term and yes I would oppose the death penalty in this case.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Millions of dollars a year keeping murderers alive....kill them use it on something else.
 Sent2: not all are serial killers, and it costs more money to kill these people then keep them in prison for 50 years
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If I die, I want to go out by firing squad.
 Sent2: 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.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: As far as I know, you may as well ACTUALLY believe any number of things, if you actually believe in the death penalty.
 Sent2: And hey, if you think man is just an animal, then the death penalty shouldn't matter to you since you can't say life has any intrinsic value (remember, you believe in relativity).
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I'm pro-death penalty because there is no atonement for murder.
 Sent2: I am pro-death penalty even though I conceed that every study I have seen suggests it does absolutely nothing to deter capitol crimes.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I personally would never wish death penalty on someone no matter what they did to me/family/friends I would just want them in jail for a life sentence because then the threat is pretty much over.
 Sent2: Someone in my family, honestly I would want that person to take the death penalty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: In any case, while I believe some criminals should just be carried into the street and shot, I don't think the death penalty is worth it in today's society.
 Sent2: I do not support the death penalty - but it's not because I feel bad for criminals.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: There are some who need to be put to death.
 Sent2: The death penalty doesn't need to serve as a deterrent to crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: First, it is more expensive than sentencing someone to life in prison.
 Sent2: the prisons are overcrowded as it and why prolong someones life who took someone elses i mean they don't deserve to live out there life.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Firstly, many people say that Europe does not have the death penalty so the U.S should not.
 Sent2: I don't see where in your first source it says that the majority of all countries (or the majority of people in every country) support the death penalty in some cases.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: what you are saying is that we should murder people because the prisons are overcrowded.
 Sent2: You said something to the effect of "should we really be giving this man the death penalty?"
Output: Not similar
Sent1: So what does he have to do with a debate like this about murderers and the death penalty?
 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: 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: Someone in my family, honestly I would want that person to take the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: politicaly correct death penalty we impose here in America may not deter crime as well as we think it should.
 Sent2: And it seems that every time we start talking about the death penalty, that we end up talking about whether or not it deters crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: So, the only reason I can really see why people support the death penalty is to have simple vengeance against the perpretrator.
 Sent2: Last time I checked, killing doesn't bring persons back to life, so the only reason for the death penalty seems to be revenge.
Output: Similar
Sent1: When they are about to be shot just think what would be happening, some unlucky person would be dealing with the fact that they were going to have to take someone's life.
 Sent2: 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.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I think the death penalty should only be used when there is undeniable proof against the suspect.
 Sent2: I think the death penalty should only be used in extreme cases where the accused is, without a doubt, guilty.
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: Over 40 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes since 1990.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty has been found to be a more effective deterrent to crimes against children.
 Sent2: No, if it is already known that this person made the crime, the death penalty may be used.
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: Even though you deny it, your statements show you have no problem executing innocent people.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: But why do you have to get rid of them by killing them.
 Sent2: How can you justify teaching a generation of children that to stop killers from killing because killing is wrong, we should kill them?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I am not disagreeing with punishing criminals for crimes they have committed.
 Sent2: if someone commits any crime, then they are a criminal by definition and should die.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Life incarceration will never let him kill again, and its cheaper.
 Sent2: A life sentence does not prevent a murderer from murdering again.
Output: Similar
Sent1: After all, the person you're torturing may actually be innocent.
 Sent2: By killing a person who murdered someone, you are just doing the same thing you are punishing him/her for.
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 death penalty has been found to be a more effective deterrent to crimes against children.
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: In fact, with the death penalty you get more due process than someone with a life sentence...there aren't many advocates for helping those guys out.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Some innocent people are still sentenced to death, and that's where I see a problem.
 Sent2: With all this talk about innocent people being put to death, I was wondering.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Once the danger is gone killing a person is simply murder.
 Sent2: If someone keeps killing and killing and killing, we need to stop him from taking lives.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Texas, with many executions, followed the same trend as states without any executions.
 Sent2: Comparable countries without the death penalty have fewer murders then Texas.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If these are indeed comparable, I wouldn't argue for the death penalty even in murder.
 Sent2: I am not a pacifist, so I am not opposed to all state-sanctioned killing.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I think there should be a death penalty because, all those innocent people getting killed for no damn reason is unfair.
 Sent2: I think only certain people deserve to have the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I believe there are certain crimes where the death penalty is an acceptable punishment.
 Sent2: The way I see it, capital punishment doesn't have to be expensive at all.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Again, I support the death penalty for certain crimes and criminals.
 Sent2: If I could be satisfactorily convinced that a murderer had ZERO chance of committing another crime, I might be convinced to do away with the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I used to be for the death penalty, however two things made me question my position.
 Sent2: With all this talk about innocent people being put to death, I was wondering.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: People have, and will, be executed even though they are innocent of the crime.
 Sent2: There have been numerous people who were presumed innocent after execution because the evidence showed that they were not guilty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The question is should the death penalty be allowed as a form of punishment.
 Sent2: The debate question asks "Should the death penalty be legalized?"
Output: Similar
Sent1: , I believe the death penalty has deterred at least some people from committing murder.
 Sent2: I think the death penalty is an archaic and obsolete form of punishment, even for the crime of murder.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Again, I support the death penalty for certain crimes and criminals.
 Sent2: I do not support the death penalty - but it's not because I feel bad for criminals.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: , I believe the death penalty has deterred at least some people from committing murder.
 Sent2: I agree that the people who are killed are mostly innocent people and that those killed by the death penalty are almost certainly guilty of the crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I also don't think someone has been put to death for a third degree murder.
 Sent2: This is why I said what I said in the first place about why I'm against the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: But life imprisonment without parole also deters the criminal from recommitting.
 Sent2: A life sentence does not prevent a murderer from murdering again.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty doesn't need to become more equalized.
 Sent2: There are some who need to be put to death.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Death penalty are given to those who have comitted a very serious crime.
 Sent2: People who will commit a crime with life in prison would probably still commit the crime with capital punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: In reality I wouldn't care if the death penalty were gone.
 Sent2: The way I see it, capital punishment doesn't have to be expensive at all.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If the death penalty were an adequate deterrent then we would not have murder.
 Sent2: If we slap a guarantueed death penalty on murder then any following murderer commits the crime on pain of death which is a much better detterent.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The fact remains that life in prison is cheaper than sentencing one to the death penalty.
 Sent2: Life imprisonment without parole is more effective than execution, and it is cheaper.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The penalty is seen as vengence, why do they let families of the victims watch?
 Sent2: The death penalty should never be seen as 'an eye for an eye' or as a relief for a victim or those close to them.
Output: Similar
Sent1: No, in 99.999of; the time there are other options, states still allow the death penalty because its not cheap to keep people in jail.
 Sent2: Only some states use the death penalty, only some countries allow the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The crime rate was higher after the death penalty than before it.
 Sent2: In the time that the death penalty was performed on a regular basis, the crime rate in society was at a lower level.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty has never been shown to be a deterent to murder.
 Sent2: If the execution rate decreased and the murder rate increased then that explains the deterrence effect of capital punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Texas has the most executions and the most murders as well.
 Sent2: Comparable countries without the death penalty have fewer murders then Texas.
Output: Similar
Sent1: And the argument of deterrence doesn't oblige either because how many people actually believe that people are NOT killing others because their afraid of getting the death penalty.
 Sent2: Many people argue that the death penalty is not a detterence.
Output: Similar
Sent1: 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.
 Sent2: It seems that those that would be deterred by fear of punishment are already dettered by the threat of a life sentence.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The way I see it people who murder shouldn't be sentenced to death or spend life in the jails we have here there to nice.
 Sent2: So I think it is better to imprison those who deserve death for life, rather than even once as a people murder the wrong person.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The question is should the death penalty be allowed as a form of punishment.
 Sent2: The question of whether death sentence should be allowed to continue or not, is therefore dependent upon the society and in general a society that has evolved as a "civilized" society would not need such punishments.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I say jesus was for the deaht penalty anddddddd he was guilty.
 Sent2: I'm sure he's guilty, but I am against the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Others have said that the death penalty is biblically wrong.
 Sent2: My conscience says that it the death penalty is immoral.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If they know they'll die if caught, they'll likely kill more rape victims and children.
 Sent2: I say that they should be killed the same way that the person(s) that they killed were.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: What I meant was that the chance of being wrongly convicted for a capital case is far less than the change of being struck by lightning.
 Sent2: If that is the case I am against Capital Punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: 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.
 Sent2: Well according to your own paper, it says that you can't prove that the death penalty increases the murder rate.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Like I said I would just want them to actually have to deal with the consequences and not get an easy out, which is what executing them does.
 Sent2: I say that they should be killed the same way that the person(s) that they killed were.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: OK Jim, how can you disagree with my use of the word deterrent and turn around and say "I think the death penalty is a detergent.
 Sent2: If you read my arguments clearly you would understand that i said capital punishment if used more often will deter crime.
Output: Similar
Sent1: As long as we sentence people to a life in prison we are also GUARANTEED to sentence an innocent person.
 Sent2: In a case like this, we can assume that the alternative is life in prison.
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: And the purpose of the death penalty is not to punish, but to deter further crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: So what does he have to do with a debate like this about murderers and the death penalty?
 Sent2: And because Christ forgave the men that unjustly killed him does not conclusivly show that He was against the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Some innocent people are still sentenced to death, and that's where I see a problem.
 Sent2: A perfect judiciary system would not sentence innocent people, and would alleviate all problems with the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: That doesn't ensure that we don't end up murdering innocent people.
 Sent2: If it is not, then we should not be putting people on trial for murder.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: So your argument is that if the death penalty was cheaper than life in prison it would have the advantage of being cheaper than life in prison.
 Sent2: And no one said that life in prision is "much worse" then the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I think people suffer more when they spend their whole lives in jail.
 Sent2: The way I see it people who murder shouldn't be sentenced to death or spend life in the jails we have here there to nice.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: States without the death penalty have fared BETTER in reducing their murder rates than states with the death penalty.
 Sent2: But are there any stats available showing countries/states with the death penalty have a higher/lower crime rate?
Output: Similar
Sent1: With trials and appeals, one execution can end up costing more than a life sentence by the time the execution is actually carried out.
 Sent2: At the end of the day the killer is being punished for ending a life.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Living in jail for life costs less money then the death penalty.
 Sent2: 1) Virginia: How the death penalty will save money over life without parole (LWOP).
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: not all are serial killers, and it costs more money to kill these people then keep them in prison for 50 years
Output: Not similar
Sent1: It is proved that death penalty for such kind people is the simplest punishment.
 Sent2: The dealth penalty is not as simple as it seems.
Output: Similar
Sent1: We shouldn't just kill someone if they commit a crime.
 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 don't think everyone should be put to death.
 Sent2: I don't think anyone has been put the death for third degree murder either.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If they don't want to kill an innocent person, stick to life in prison.
 Sent2: Only if they try to murder somebody after they are in prison do they deserve the death penalty?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The question with the death penalty is not kill or give no punishment.
 Sent2: The death penalty again, in giving punishing the offender sends out a message to others that no one should kill or hurt another person which will thus serve to deter other potential killers.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I'm also against death penalty because no one except God has the right to take person's life.
 Sent2: Peterson could face the death penalty or life without parole.
Output: Not similar
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.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is the only just punishment for their actions.
 Sent2: The Death penalty does not work because the kind of people that murder will not stop and think of the consequences before their actions.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: As it is today, when someone murderers another, the death penalty is considered, as it should be.
 Sent2: So I think it is better to imprison those who deserve death for life, rather than even once as a people murder the wrong person.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The comparison is no bridge to the death penalty, however, because there is nothing gained by seeing a person fried to death as opposed to seeing them fade away in a prison cell for the rest of their life.
 Sent2: For some people death penalty is better than life in prison, who are respect their freedom and who are consider that it is better to die than someone to judge them.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The moral law, speaking through my conscience has no problem with the death penalty.
 Sent2: The death penalty was included in that "law."
Output: Not similar
Sent1: It is also possible for an innocent person to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, but nobody is making the argument to stop sending people to prison.
 Sent2: First, it is more expensive than sentencing someone to life in prison.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: In fact, I think if Jesus did not believe in the death penalty, it would make his sacrifice that much greater, because he would be being unjustly put to death.
 Sent2: Should the abuser be put to death, that would be to good for him.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty has never been shown to be a deterent to murder.
 Sent2: The death penalty has been found to be a more effective deterrent to crimes against children.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If murder is wrong than so is the death penalty.
 Sent2: Since murder is viewed as wrong, it generally makes more sense to eliminate the death penalty because murder rates are generally lower in those states.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty executes felons found guilty of especially heinous crimes.
 Sent2: Many people find some crimes heinous enough to warrent the death penalty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: So, the only reason I can really see why people support the death penalty is to have simple vengeance against the perpretrator.
 Sent2: The death penalty right now is to easy even I think.
Output: Not 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: The death penalty is a lethal lottery: of the 22,000 homicides committed every year approximately 150 people are sentenced to death.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Especially given that you have accepted that some innocent people are executed.
 Sent2: Not even having to put aside your conviction that innocents should not be killed, how can you justify not saving 3 to 18 lives of innocent people by killing 1 guilty one.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The thing is, without the death penalty there is absolutely no deterrent from committing heinous crimes.
 Sent2: The death penalty executes felons found guilty of especially heinous crimes.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is about specific crimes, not any crimes.
 Sent2: Yes, death penalty is not a qualified punishment for a crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: What does this have to do with the death penalty?
 Sent2: Murder is murder and those who execute the death penalty are murderers as well.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The person having been convicted of a crime punishable by death and subsequently sentenced to death should be put 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: Not similar
Sent1: With all this talk about innocent people being put to death, I was wondering.
 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: Is it reason to do away with the death penalty?
 Sent2: All of this information is the reason the Death penalty is so costly.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: It is called the death penalty for a reason...it is a penalty, a punishment.
 Sent2: There is no reason to give that person a death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Especially given that you have accepted that some innocent people are executed.
 Sent2: some of the innocent people that have been executed in the
Output: Similar
Sent1: Louisiana, a state with the death penalty and the highest murder rate in the country, has almost no gun control.
 Sent2: In the United States, states without the death penalty has consistently lower murder rates.
Output: 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 they don't want to kill an innocent person, stick to life in prison.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty again, in giving punishing the offender sends out a message to others that no one should kill or hurt another person which will thus serve to deter other potential killers.
 Sent2: IE - the death penalty acts as a deterrent to other would be murderers.
Output: Similar
Sent1: ...and if I do someday murder someone, I should be killed.
 Sent2: If I ever "murder" someone without cause, I would deserve to die.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Also, Texas has executed persons who were, in fact, innocent.
 Sent2: some of the innocent people that have been executed in the
Output: Similar
Sent1: Life incarceration will never let him kill again, and its cheaper.
 Sent2: First it is more expensive to kill a person, then letting him stay for a life long imprisonment.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If I ever "murder" someone without cause, I would deserve to die.
 Sent2: So I think it is better to imprison those who deserve death for life, rather than even once as a people murder the wrong person.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty again, in giving punishing the offender sends out a message to others that no one should kill or hurt another person which will thus serve to deter other potential killers.
 Sent2: Implementing the death penalty will send a message to others that no one should have the right to kill another person.
Output: Similar
Sent1: ...and if I do someday murder someone, I should be killed.
 Sent2: It wouldn't shock me if someone committed murder JUST to get those things.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: So should we be able to impose the sentence of life without parole, all the while understanding that we may have put an innocent man in prison for life?
 Sent2: As long as we sentence people to a life in prison we are also GUARANTEED to sentence an innocent person.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I think only certain people deserve to have the death penalty.
 Sent2: So I think it is better to imprison those who deserve death for life, rather than even once as a people murder the wrong person.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: And the purpose of the death penalty is not to punish, but to deter further crime.
 Sent2: Yes, the death penalty should be use as a punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: So all in all I believe in the death penalty.
 Sent2: As far as I know, you may as well ACTUALLY believe any number of things, if you actually believe in the death penalty.
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: The death penalty is simply a legally imposed punishment given to felons who commited crimes for which the death penalty is applicable.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty is not deterrance for the person executed.
 Sent2: IE - the death penalty acts as a deterrent to other would be murderers.
Output: Similar