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
AUGUST 3, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. U.S. District Judge Robert Colville imposed the death sentence on Robert Bowers
- AUGUST 1, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. Jury Sentence Robert Bowers to Death
For 2018 Synagogue Shooting
JULY 22, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Joe Biden is breaking his promise to end the federal death penalty
JULY 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The Czech Republic will extradite a Georgian national over a plot to kill Iranian Dissident Masih Alinejad
JULY 13, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal death penalty ban reintroduced in Congress
- JUNE 21, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 70 Years After Their Executions, Rosenberg Sons Still Looking to Clear Mother’s Name
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed on June 19, 1953 for espionage
JUNE 14, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 122,840 people in solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails
Why Counting Everyone in Solitary Confinement Matters
MAY 22, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Death Row USA Summer 2022 Report: 2,394 on death row
MAY 18, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Dakota (Federal). Life in prison for Alfonso Rodriguez
MAY 17, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. Sayfullo Saipov formally sentenced to 10 life sentences
APRIL 12, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - More topics on the DPIC’s website
Race, conditions of confinement, and executions
APRIL 3, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - One-time supporter of Guantánamo's military court now says it was 'doomed'
Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson