TASK DEFINITION: We would like you to assess the QUALITY of each of the following argument (discussing Death Penalty) and determine if the argument is Valid or Invalid. A valid argument is clearly interpretable and either expresses an argument, or a premise or a conclusion that can be used in an argument for the topic of death penalty. An invalid argument is a phrase that cannot be interpreted as an argument or not on the topic of death penalty.
PROBLEM: What gets little notice, however, is a series of academic studies over the last half-dozen years that claim to settle a once hotly debated argument ��� whether the death penalty acts as a deterrent to murder.

SOLUTION: Valid

PROBLEM: What would a government gain by not punishing as a means of rehabillitating?

SOLUTION: Valid

PROBLEM: When the point that someone on death row was saved by DNA is brought up, it shows that system works because it has saved their life.

SOLUTION:
Valid

