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: There has seldom if ever been any occurrence in which someone has violently avenged a murderer's death.

SOLUTION: Valid

PROBLEM: But if that one doesn't wash for you, here's another argument against the deterent factor (and I must credit a bunch of wonderful schools debaters from a disadvantaged community in the third world for this):

SOLUTION: Valid

PROBLEM: New evidence of innocence is one thing, but the majority of the appeals that are presented in death cases are rediculous delay tactics.

SOLUTION:
Valid

