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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.
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Sent1: The question with the death penalty is not kill or give no punishment.
 Sent2: God specifically gives the government permission to punish murderers by death.
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Not similar


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Sent1: Also, within the USA, murder rates are consistently lower in states that don't have capital punishment.
 Sent2: Moreover, states without the death penalty have much lower murder rates.
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Similar


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Sent1: The fact remains that life in prison is cheaper than sentencing one to the death penalty.
 Sent2: In every state that retains the death penalty, jurors have the option of sentencing convicted capital murderers to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Not similar


