niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
Sent1: There has seldom if ever been any occurrence in which someone has violently avenged a murderer's death.
 Sent2: The death sentence has been used since the beginning of the United States, and rarely, if ever, has there been an occurrence in which someone avenges the death of a murderer or rapist.
Output: Similar
Sent1: therefore the death penalty should not be used, simply because it kills innocent people.
 Sent2: There are also people who will tell you that the death penalty actually kills innocent people.
Output: Similar
Sent1: An argument for putting people to death is so that they can never escape and kill again.
 Sent2: Only .06% of people who have killed kill again when they escape, are released, etc.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Since there is no clear evidence indicating that there is any deterrent value to the death penalty, I have trouble rationalizing it as a punishment.
 Sent2: SO in turn, there is no clear evidence indicating that there is not a detterent value to the death penalty.
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: I think I could kill someone trying to kill any one of my children.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty has been used as a scapegoat for many people who are against executions.
 Sent2: therefore the death penalty should not be used, simply because it kills innocent people.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: And no, I don't the death penalty is murder.
 Sent2: Murder is murder and those who execute the death penalty are murderers as well.
Output: Similar
Sent1: There is no reason to give that person a death penalty.
 Sent2: Is it reason to do away with the death penalty?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: What does this have to do with the death penalty?
 Sent2: There shouldn't be a death penalty it isn't fair.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: What does this have to do with the death penalty?
 Sent2: It is called the death penalty for a reason...it is a penalty, a punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Especially given that you have accepted that some innocent people are executed.
 Sent2: There are also people who will tell you that the death penalty actually kills innocent people.
Output: Similar
Sent1: So all in all I believe in the death penalty.
 Sent2: , I believe the death penalty has deterred at least some people from committing murder.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: ...and if I do someday murder someone, I should be killed.
 Sent2: I think I could kill someone trying to kill any one of my children.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: That doesn't ensure that we don't end up murdering innocent people.
 Sent2: So we kill killers, but in the end, end up with more murders.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Yes, the death penalty should be use as a punishment.
 Sent2: Justice is applying a penalty or punishment for a wrong deed done.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: So all in all I believe in the death penalty.
 Sent2: I don't believe the death penalty should be allowed for circumstantial evidenc.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: There are some who need to be put to death.
 Sent2: I am a case by case pro, Some people simply need to be put to death for the crimes they have commited so that others are protected.
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: I think instead of a death penalty, they should just stay in prison until they die because putting someone to death is just harsh, No matter who it is.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Exactly how many innocent people has the death penalty killed?
 Sent2: 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.
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: We let killers out of prison so they can kill again.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Obviously, if someone were found innocent before execution, they would not be executed.
 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: As it is today, when someone murderers another, the death penalty is considered, as it should be.
 Sent2: Essentially, you believe a fetus should be allowed to be killed simply for existing, while you protect the lives of people who have murdered other innocent people (as murder is generally what a person will get the death penalty for).
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty was included in that "law."
 Sent2: There cannot be a "no" answer since the death penalty is already legal.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If the death penalty were an adequate deterrent then we would not have murder.
 Sent2: 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.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty is not deterrance for the person executed.
 Sent2: As it is today, when someone murderers another, the death penalty is considered, as it should be.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: As long as we sentence people to a life in prison we are also GUARANTEED to sentence an innocent person.
 Sent2: 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.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Death penalty should be allowed as it deters people from committing serious crimes such as murder.
 Sent2: I mean that if the death penalty would be legalized, people will scare to commit the crime.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The people dying from the death penalty are guilty people who have taken the lives of others.
 Sent2: Essentially, you believe a fetus should be allowed to be killed simply for existing, while you protect the lives of people who have murdered other innocent people (as murder is generally what a person will get the death penalty for).
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: Most people who would be deterred already seem to be deterred by life without parole as a punishment.
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: 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: Not similar
Sent1: maybe we should start with what crimes warrant the death penalty.
 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: I don't even give a shit about the death penalty, I was just making a point.
 Sent2: I mean that if the death penalty would be legalized, people will scare to commit the crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: DNA testing capabilities allowed them to determine that the executed men were, in fact, innocent.
 Sent2: Obviously, if someone were found innocent before execution, they would not be executed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: That comment implies that you see the death penalty as a deterrent.
 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: Of those reasons which you gave, which ones do you think cannot be accomodated by lesser senteces and NEED the death penalty?
 Sent2: If you think there shouldn't be a death penalty, you're an idiot.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: We shouldn't just kill someone if they commit a crime.
 Sent2: People have, and will, be executed even though they are innocent of the crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: 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.
 Sent2: 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.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Because we are all potential victims of violent crime, and I believe that there are violent crimes deserving of the death penalty.
 Sent2: Well, since I believe in that there are crimes and criminals deserving of the death penalty, "tookies" execution served justice in my book.
Output: Similar
Sent1: An argument for putting people to death is so that they can never escape and kill again.
 Sent2: 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.
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: But I can't get past the fact that they'll be killed for killing someone else - it's hypocritical.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: the death penalty is the consequence for sinning AND not accepting forgiveness.
 Sent2: jesus immediately agreed to them enforcing the death penalty, since the penalty for sin is death.
Output: Similar
Sent1: There are many attempts to mitigate this risk, including revisions of the death penalty: but it is not, as you stated, eliminated.
 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: Actually, the idea that the death penalty costs more than lifetime imprisonment has been disproved many times.
 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: 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: Life without parole lets you fix that mistake since they can be released if they are found innocent - not so with the death penalty.
Output: 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: But killing someone because of him killing someone is quite hypocritical.
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 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.
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: Back to reality, we convict the wrong person all the time, and we've set up a system where death penalty is actually more expensive than life in prison.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If you get a life sentence, you shouldn't have any choices whatsoever.
 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: If you read my arguments clearly you would understand that i said capital punishment if used more often will deter crime.
 Sent2: You can't just assume the death penalty is a crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I think instead of a death penalty, they should just stay in prison until they die because putting someone to death is just harsh, No matter who it is.
 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: So far, I am hearing "an eye for an eye" which is just that vengeance centered sense of justice that I am arguing against.
 Sent2: I do believe in the death Penalty, eye for and eye.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Yes there should be a death penalty but it should only be used in extreme circumstances like treason, mass murder, ordering murders from within prison, and killing someone in prison.
 Sent2: There are a lot of people in jail for cold blooded murder, who did not get the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: And what message would your widow deliver to your daughter when she explains how the family of the rapist you killed took THEIR revenge by killing you?emoticonXBanghead
 Sent2: So you hurry home, and upon your arrival the police inform you that your daughter, the one who was raped, was found raped and murdered and we have the rapist/killer in custody.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If capital punishment works (deterrent), why do we have such a high murder rate per capita?
 Sent2: IE - the death penalty acts as a deterrent to other would be murderers.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I think that criminals view the death penalty as worse than life imprisonment and worse than temporary solitary confinement within life imprisonment - at least given the conditions in American prisons.
 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: Similar
Sent1: I suppose you could say "well it keeps them from harming society" but so does the death penalty.
 Sent2: Like I said, I don't disagree with the theory of the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The question with the death penalty is not kill or give no 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: You say that all people who commit gruesome murders are psychopaths.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Life incarceration will never let him kill again, and its cheaper.
 Sent2: 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.
Output: 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: 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: Actually we still kill the wrong person all the time.
 Sent2: Back to reality, we convict the wrong person all the time, and we've set up a system where death penalty is actually more expensive than life in prison.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Last time I checked, killing doesn't bring persons back to life, so the only reason for the death penalty seems to be revenge.
 Sent2: There is no reason to give that person a 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: That should be a crime which should result in the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Rehabilitation is one goal that one has for punishment but other goals might include:
 Sent2: I have a entirely different view as to what the goal of capital punishment should be.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: 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.
 Sent2: You make it sound as though if someone is innocent, of anything, they should be killed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: We need to halt the death penalty before anyone else gets unjustly sentenced, then fix the problems (if that is even possible), and then, when we have safeguards in place, reinstitute it.
 Sent2: What we need are harsher sentences including the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: There are no children being killed, and killing a child is murder in America.
 Sent2: One of the many grievances I have is that child rapists don't qualify for the death penalty unless the child that gets raped is also killed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I'm also against death penalty because no one except God has the right to take person's life.
 Sent2: The right to take away another man's life is not in our hands and therefore, I think that the death penalty is morally incorrect.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Some innocent people are still sentenced to death, and that's where I see a problem.
 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: 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 do not think that a government should be unable to kill someone, simply that they almost always should not.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: So in reality, pushing the death penalty only ensures that more innocent people will be murdered.
 Sent2: My argument is that innocent people have been killed by the death penalty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty is the best possible deterrent for crime.
 Sent2: And especially why would one do that if it means death penalty would become possible?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Also, Texas has executed persons who were, in fact, innocent.
 Sent2: If one person was excecuted when he was innocent than thats hundreds too many.
Output: Similar
Sent1: that is why I support it for serial killers, I don't really support it for a murderer.
 Sent2: I support the death penalty because I feel that their are crimes and criminals so heinous that they deserve death.
Output: 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: Yes, death penalty is not a qualified punishment for a crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If we can not prevent the innocent from unjust punishment, we should not have the death penalty.
 Sent2: 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.
Output: Similar
Sent1: A removal from death row by either state courts or the U.S. Supreme Court is associated with an increase of one additional murder.
 Sent2: Additionally, the implementation of state moratoria is associated with the increased incidence of murders.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Many people find some crimes heinous enough to warrent the death penalty.
 Sent2: There have been about 111 people sentenced to death who were found guilty while waiting.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Firstly, life in prison is a worse punishment.Death penalty it is the simplest punishment for the person who e.g. killed, raped, committed act of terrorism and etc.
 Sent2: And no one said that life in prision is "much worse" then the death penalty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If you chose to kill someone who wasn't endangering your life at the moment you deserve to be killed.
 Sent2: If you get a life sentence, you shouldn't have any choices whatsoever.
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: Therefore the argument of death as a deterent is a joke.
Output: Similar
Sent1: You might say the criminal deserved it, but murder is murder, whether they deserved it or not.
 Sent2: "by not killing those who deserve it"....do rape victims deserve it?
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: I fail to see how this proves that ���there is no question that Jesus was against the death penalty.�۝
Output: Not similar
Sent1: People generally think that the death penalty is worse than life without parole (certainly most criminals seem to think so).
 Sent2: And no one said that life in prision is "much worse" then the death penalty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: abortion does not qualify as state murder like the death penalty.
 Sent2: Too much racism in this country to have 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: 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.
Output: Not 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: The people dying from the death penalty are guilty people who have taken the lives of others.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: We could get the person who may kill in the future.
 Sent2: There are no children being killed, and killing a child is murder in America.
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: BUT it is not apparent that death penalty lower crime rate.
Output: Similar
Sent1: You might say the criminal deserved it, but murder is murder, whether they deserved it or not.
 Sent2: You are probably going to murder somebody; hopefully it will b in a place with the death penalty and then you will get what you deserve.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: It seems that there is still a majority in this country who is for the death penalty.
 Sent2: It seems that you're assuming the correlation between crime rate and countries with capital punishment is that the death penalty encourages crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty has been used as a scapegoat for many people who are against executions.
 Sent2: the use of the death penalty is an act of revenge which cannot be undone, so should the state be put on trial for putting to death an innocent person?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: it has been proven time and again prisons don't rehabilitate, keeping someone in prision for their entire life in prision is less human than the death penalty.
 Sent2: First, it is more expensive than sentencing someone to life in prison.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty has been found to be a more effective deterrent to crimes against children.
 Sent2: The death penalty is an effective deterrent when used properly.
Output: Similar
Sent1: 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).
 Sent2: You said something to the effect of "should we really be giving this man the death penalty?"
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Quite a lot of people think that criminals should be punished for the sake of punishing them, whether or not it deters anyone; I had thought you were one of them.
 Sent2: I suppose you could say "well it keeps them from harming society" but so does the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If you accept vengeance as a reason for punishment then I understand why you would support the death penalty.
 Sent2: Do you disagree, though, that it is mainly retribution that you are looking for in supporting the death penalty?
Output: Similar
Sent1: I think the death penalty is an archaic and obsolete form of punishment, even for the crime of 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: Not similar
Sent1: what you are saying is that we should murder people because the prisons are overcrowded.
 Sent2: If it is not, then we should not be putting people on trial for murder.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Deterrence is not the only reason I support the death penalty.
 Sent2: 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.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty (because of appeals) costs more than solitary confinement for life, both of which would ensure that the person would never kill again.
 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: 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: life in jail is better than death penalty...at least they would get the chance to suffer longer...maybe that would give them a sense of what they did...or aware them of how life works.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: 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.
 Sent2: The death penalty is usually given as a sentence in place of lifetime in a max security prison without parole.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I would rather have justice be done than to give a rapist the chance to grab another little girl or a murderer to have the chance to kill an innocent person I might know or care about.
 Sent2: One of the many grievances I have is that child rapists don't qualify for the death penalty unless the child that gets raped is also killed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If they don't want to kill an innocent person, stick to life in prison.
 Sent2: You make it sound as though if someone is innocent, of anything, they should be killed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: After all, the person you're torturing may actually be innocent.
 Sent2: Again... there is nearly never a fail-safe, sending an innocent man to death isn't something you can take back.
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 feel as though you're implying that the death penalty is an effective crime deterrent.
Output: Similar
Sent1: You can't just assume the death penalty is a crime.
 Sent2: Lets assume that you are referring to the murder victims in prison, implementing the death penalty will help to ensure a level of discipline for those who continue to plot against others in prison or in the free society.
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: Your description, that the death penalty is a deterrent, is incorrect.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Someone in my family, honestly I would want that person to take the death penalty.
 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 death penalty is a outdated, expensive, immoral, form of punishment.
 Sent2: The question is should the death penalty be allowed as a form of punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Others have said that the death penalty is biblically wrong.
 Sent2: Roman law said she should be put to death, Jesus said no, that law is wrong.
Output: Similar
Sent1: By killing a person who murdered someone, you are just doing the same thing you are punishing him/her for.
 Sent2: You are probably going to murder somebody; hopefully it will b in a place with the death penalty and then you will get what you deserve.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: in fact the ones against the death penalty ARE FOR ABORTION!
 Sent2: In reality I wouldn't care if the death penalty were gone.
Output: Not 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: 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 evidence that says that innocent people are convicted of crimes.
 Sent2: I mean that if the death penalty would be legalized, people will scare to commit the crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: First it is more expensive to kill a person, then letting him stay for a life long imprisonment.
 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: There is not any good by taking the life of the criminal.
 Sent2: A life seems to be a good price for a serious enough crime.
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: 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: by committing to the idea that someone deserves to die, you are committing to the revenge side of human nature, not the idea of punishment for crimes committed.
 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: Not similar
Sent1: if one cannot be rehabiliated in prison, they should be eliminated.
 Sent2: If the person in question is in prison, they are removed from society.
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: So what does he have to do with a debate like this about murderers and the death penalty?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I'm not really in favor of killing innocent people either.
 Sent2: I have heard that there are false verdicts and that some innocent people are killed accidentally, but that number is decreasing year by year.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The people dying from the death penalty are guilty people who have taken the lives of others.
 Sent2: In fact mudkipz, many people would prefer the death penalty of life in jail.
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: Besides, if someone raped and killed my daughter, I'd prefer they suffered the rest of their life in jail being man-raped by a bunch of rednecks and neo-nazi's than just be given the easy way out.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The murder rate for the state of New York, a state without the death penalty has increased this year with a higher rate of murder than it was in 2009.
 Sent2: States without the death penalty have fared BETTER in reducing their murder rates than states with the death penalty.
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: You can't get much worse than a death penalty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: No doubt there are other options besides the death penalty.
 Sent2: its simply that the option exists to get around the death penalty.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Others have said that the death penalty is biblically wrong.
 Sent2: 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.
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: Life imprisonment without parole is more effective than execution, and it is cheaper.
Output: 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: If we have a death penalty statute on the books, a person is convicted under that statute, his ONE appeal fails...he should die.
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 suppose you could say "well it keeps them from harming society" but so does the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: No matter how well the justice system works, we will always risk convicting innocent people.
 Sent2: A perfect judiciary system would not sentence innocent people, and would alleviate all problems with the death penalty.
Output: 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: Because we are all potential victims of violent crime, and I believe that there are violent crimes deserving of the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Criminals need to be punished for what they have done.
 Sent2: Quite a lot of people think that criminals should be punished for the sake of punishing them, whether or not it deters anyone; I had thought you were one of them.
Output: Similar
Sent1: An argument for putting people to death is so that they can never escape and kill again.
 Sent2: I think instead of a death penalty, they should just stay in prison until they die because putting someone to death is just harsh, No matter who it is.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Whatever the offender did should have the same done to him/her.
 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: 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.
 Sent2: If these bleak prospects aren't enough to deter someone from committing a serious crime, what will ramping it up to the death penalty do?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: You cannot kill somebody just because they've broken into your house, you have to have a well founded fear of harm.
 Sent2: You make it sound as though if someone is innocent, of anything, they should be killed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: it seems as though your concept of ideal justice necessitates punishment immediately.
 Sent2: The dealth penalty is not as simple as it seems.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: BUT it is not apparent that death penalty lower crime rate.
 Sent2: It seems that you're assuming the correlation between crime rate and countries with capital punishment is that the death penalty encourages crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: That could be considered Cruel and Unusual Punishment, it could mess with the persons mind.
 Sent2: 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.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty is usually given as a sentence in place of lifetime in a max security prison without parole.
 Sent2: And no one said that life in prision is "much worse" then the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: There cannot be a "no" answer since the death penalty is already legal.
 Sent2: Either do that or do away with the law that says that death is the proper penalty to pay for the crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: 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.
 Sent2: But I can't get past the fact that they'll be killed for killing someone else - it's hypocritical.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty is not deterrance for the person executed.
 Sent2: The deterrent of the death penalty cannot be directed at the executed, but does put fear in the minds of other potential capital criminals.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If we continue to allow the death penalty, we are no better than the murderers and rapists that we punish with the death penalty.
 Sent2: we should have death penalty only for the most severe criminally insane serial killers.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: There is no crime which justifies others to kill as a form of punishment, and it is ineffective as a deterrent to prevent crime.
 Sent2: And the purpose of the death penalty is not to punish, but to deter further crime.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If capital punishment works (deterrent), why do we have such a high murder rate per capita?
 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: My major complaint against the death penalty is that it is quite permanent.
 Sent2: The problem with capital punishment, however, is that it is permanent.
Output: Similar
Sent1: I am very conservative and I am opposed to abortion and the death penalty.
 Sent2: I am not a pacifist, so I am not opposed to all state-sanctioned killing.
Output: Similar
Sent1: the use of the death penalty is an act of revenge which cannot be undone, so should the state be put on trial for putting to death an innocent person?
 Sent2: 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.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I think the death penalty is one of the several punishment in the law system, we shouldn't consider it like something insane, and moreover it's normal in some countries nowadays.
 Sent2: I cannot compare numbers with other western countries since we are the only one with capital punishment.
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 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: So how about we stop a penalty that has executed innocents?
 Sent2: 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.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If it is as serious as torture or murder... Yes we should.
 Sent2: So we kill killers, but in the end, end up with more murders.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The people dying from the death penalty are guilty people who have taken the lives of others.
 Sent2: What if there were people killing other people, escaping from jail, doing it again etc.
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: 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: I think people suffer more when they spend their whole lives in jail.
 Sent2: but spending whole life in jail would be a better punishment
Output: Similar
Sent1: I don't feel as strongly about the death penalty as I feel about the abortion rights debate since I can relate to the desire for vengeance that people feel.
 Sent2: Well I, as creator of this debate, think that there should not be a death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I dont think the death penalty should be apllied in just any case.
 Sent2: I will agree that the death penalty is too arbitrarily applied.
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: 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: Similar
Sent1: If you raped and killed my kids, I would not want you to be executed.
 Sent2: One of the many grievances I have is that child rapists don't qualify for the death penalty unless the child that gets raped is also killed.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Everything that is needed for an ordinary trial is the same for a Death Penalty case, only more so.
 Sent2: In many cases, the appointed attorneys are overworked, underpaid, or lacking the trial experience required for death penalty cases.
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: Your description, that the death penalty is a deterrent, is incorrect.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The government does not have the right to kill people.
 Sent2: What if there were people killing other people, escaping from jail, doing it again etc.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The few cases that convict innocent people are becoming even fewer.
 Sent2: Even if the death penalty is beneficial to society is it alright to sacrifice the lives of a few innocent people for the public good?
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If these are indeed comparable, I wouldn't argue for the death penalty even in murder.
 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: 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: So we kill killers, but in the end, end up with more murders.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: You can't get much worse than a 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: Similar
Sent1: I say if they try to kill/escape from life w/o parole in prison that's all we should need for the death penalty.
 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: I think instead of a death penalty, they should just stay in prison until they die because putting someone to death is just harsh, No matter who it is.
 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: in fact the ones against the death penalty ARE FOR ABORTION!
 Sent2: The death penalty has a foundation in justice and it spares more innocent lives.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If someone killed my relative, I wouldn't want them killed, I would want them to spend the rest of their lives in hard, back breaking labor.
 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: 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: It seems that you're assuming the correlation between crime rate and countries with capital punishment is that the death penalty encourages crime.
Output: Similar
Sent1: It seems that there is still a majority in this country who is for the death penalty.
 Sent2: Too much racism in this country to have the death penalty.
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: As it is today, when someone murderers another, the death penalty is considered, as it should be.
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: As long as we sentence people to a life in prison we are also GUARANTEED to sentence an innocent person.
Output: Similar
Sent1: But why do you have to get rid of them by killing them.
 Sent2: So, the question remains, why kill them if you don't need to.
Output: Similar
Sent1: If we execute death penalty, we will not be better than murderers.
 Sent2: What we need are harsher sentences including the death penalty.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty can be viewed as legalized murder, which is ironic considering that such a punishment is only imposed because of the cruelty of the crime - murder.
 Sent2: The death penalty is just such a sanction when considering the worste of all crimes.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Actually we still kill the wrong person all the time.
 Sent2: If someone keeps killing and killing and killing, we need to stop him from taking lives.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is not used for what it is supposed to be used for.
 Sent2: The person who said that the death penalty should be used for people who are convicted of multiple-burglaries sounds like a complete knucklehead.
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: The death penalty executes felons found guilty of especially heinous crimes.
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: With all this talk about innocent people being put to death, I was wondering.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: Serial killers, "How many people did you kill?"
 Sent2: Essentially, you believe a fetus should be allowed to be killed simply for existing, while you protect the lives of people who have murdered other innocent people (as murder is generally what a person will get the death penalty for).
Output: Not similar
Sent1: The death penalty is about specific crimes, not any crimes.
 Sent2: People who will commit a crime with life in prison would probably still commit the crime with capital punishment.
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: A life sentence does not prevent a murderer from murdering again.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: If we don't stop the death penalty now, we will put innocent people to death while we try to fix the problems.
 Sent2: If it is not, then we should not be putting people on trial for murder.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: 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.
 Sent2: life in jail is better than death penalty...at least they would get the chance to suffer longer...maybe that would give them a sense of what they did...or aware them of how life works.
Output: Similar
Sent1: Criminals need to be punished for what they have done.
 Sent2: I am not disagreeing with punishing criminals for crimes they have committed.
Output: Similar
Sent1: The death penalty has been found to be a more effective deterrent to crimes against children.
 Sent2: The thing is, without the death penalty there is absolutely no deterrent from committing heinous crimes.
Output: Similar
Sent1: At the end of the day the killer is being punished for ending a life.
 Sent2: So we kill killers, but in the end, end up with more murders.
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: We should not even have the death penalty just on the off chance that we might execute somebody who is innocent.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: In all cases, the first punishment shouldn't be the death penalty.
 Sent2: It is called the death penalty for a reason...it is a penalty, a punishment.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: In both cases you spend the rest of your life in jail and die there.
 Sent2: 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.
Output: Not similar
Sent1: I say that they should be killed the same way that the person(s) that they killed were.
 Sent2: I say kill 'em, they're a waste of the federal budget.
Output: Not similar