TASK DEFINITION: We would like you to classify each of the following sets of argument pairs (discussing Death Penalty) into either SIMILAR or NOT SIMILAR. A pair of arguments is considered SIMILAR if the arguments are about the same FACET (making the same argument), and is considered NOT SIMILAR if they do not have the same FACET. A FACET is a low level issue that often reoccurs in many arguments in support of the author's stance or in attacking the other author's position.
PROBLEM: Sent1: If the execution rate decreased and the murder rate increased then that explains the deterrence effect of capital punishment.
Sent2: Well according to your own paper, it says that you can't prove that the death penalty increases the murder rate.

SOLUTION: Similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: In all honesty im glad i am not someone who has to decide murder as punishment for someone who has committed crimes.
Sent2: So, when someone gets the death penalty, they chose their own fate by committing the crime.

SOLUTION: Not similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: It costs far more to execute a person than to keep him or her in prison for life.
Sent2: First, it is more expensive than sentencing someone to life in prison.

SOLUTION:
Similar