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.

[EX Q]: 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.
[EX A]: Similar

[EX Q]: 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 thing is, without the death penalty there is absolutely no deterrent from committing heinous crimes.
[EX A]: Similar

[EX Q]: Sent1: i think that life without opportunity of parole is the more humane and just punishment instead of 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.
[EX A]:
Not similar

