United States
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 202616
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- federal republic with a strong federal tradition
- CONSTITUTION
- September 17, 1787, in effect from March 4, 1789
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- federal court system based on English common law. Each state has its own legal system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Congress (Senate and House of Representatives)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. District Courts; state and county courts
RELIGIONS
51.3% Protestants; 23.9% Catholics; 1.7% Mormons; 1.6% other Christians; 1.7% Jews; 0.7% Muslims; other unspecified or no religion
From the country
NOVEMBER 10, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Death Penalty Support Drops al 49%
For the fist time after 60 years
NOVEMBER 10, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine is considering commuting some death sentences
NOVEMBER 7, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Guantamo. A Look Inside Jury Selection in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case
NOVEMBER 5, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Indiana. Jeffrey Weisheit was executed on November 5
NOVEMBER 5, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Michael Taylor was executed by lethal injection on November 5
NOVEMBER 5, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jesse Guardado was executed by lethal injection on November 5
NOVEMBER 5, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Gov. Gavin Newsom to commute all death sentences
- NOVEMBER 5, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Governor Newsom’s Open Letter
NOVEMBER 5, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. The new Governor and Christa Pike
Marsha Blackburn is strongly in favor of the death penalty
NOVEMBER 4, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Death row Pastor Jeff Hood urges Gina Hinojosa to halt Executions
The new Democratic Governor
NOVEMBER 2, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Christa Pike Releases Statement on Effects of Failed Execution
Her Lawyers Seek Agreement on Solitary Confinement
- NOVEMBER 2, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Jury Selection Begins in 1st Death-Penalty Case at Guantánamo Bay
Against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the 'Cole' case