1. At one point, 4 out of 5 Americans backed the death penalty amid surging violent crime rates nationwide 2. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has questioned whether the death penalty is constitutional.

3. Executions also have become less common overall, dropping from 98 death sentences carried out in 1999 to 23 last year.

4. The Pew survey found that Republicans and Democrats have not changed their opinions on capital punishment much since 2016.

Which two sentences taken together provide the BEST evidence to support the idea that support for the death penalty has been eroding since the mid-1990s?

(A)1 and 3

(B)1 and 4

(C)2 and 3

(D)2 and 4