In the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election, opponents of the death penalty are mounting a campaign to convince President Biden to commute the sentences of everyone on federal death row. Doing so would be a vindication not only of his announced anti-death penalty position but also of his Catholic faith.
Biden is only the second practicing Catholic to serve in the Oval Office, the first being President John Kennedy. Although Biden was denied communion at a Catholic Church in South Carolina in October 2019 because of his position on abortion, his Catholicism did not play a significant role in his presidential campaign.
