text: File-In this Thursday, June 27, 2013 file photo, Sen. Hank Sanders, center, and other black leaders gather on the steps of the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. Sanders is one lawmaker and he&#39;s waging a nearly two-decade battle to repeal Alabama&#39;s death penalty. He has unsuccessfully introduced bills year after year to end capital punishment in his Southern state.(AP Photo/Dave Martin, File