Dallas, Texas, US. 2nd July, 2014. Rev Mark Walz, Unitarian Universalist pastor at Church of Oak Cliff in Dallas speaks at rally to abolish the death penalty. Credit: J. G. Domke/Alamy Live News

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Public support for the death penalty reached its lowest level in 40 years, according to the 2013 Gallup poll. It was 2 July 1976 when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty. Religious leaders and residents rally to end Texas executions in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday, 2 July 2014.

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