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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: 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.
answer:
Similar


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Sent1: People use the argument that we should not execute people based on the possibility that they may be innocent, but they could care less if we lock someone up for life who may be innocent.
 Sent2: People have, and will, be executed even though they are innocent of the crime.
answer:
Not similar


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Sent1: Serial killers, "How many people did you kill?"
 Sent2: The government does not have the right to kill people.
answer:

Not similar


