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 13, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - U.S. Army Overturns the 1917 Convictions of 110 Black Soldiers
That Resulted in the Execution of 19
NOVEMBER 6, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - POLL: Americans Believe the Death Penalty Is Applied Unfairly
- OCTOBER 29, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DEATH BY INCARCERATION: reform advocates at un call for end to "the other death penalty"
This year's Human Rights Committee review of the US shone a light on "the other death penalty" – death by incarceration
OCTOBER 24, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Use of Nitrogen Hypoxia Could Endanger Spiritual Advisors and Prison Staff
Upcpming execution in Alabama
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Military. Ramzi Bin al Shibh formally deeclared incompetent
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Prisoners'swap: 5 Americans and 6 billions for 5 Iranians
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pharmaceutical multinationals further restrict lethal injections
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA – MILITARY: TOP MILITARY COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-SOLDIER WHO KILLED 13 IN MASS SHOOTING AT TEXAS BASE
A top military appellate court has upheld the death sentence given to a former Army officer who killed more than a dozen people in a mass shooting 14 years ago at one of the largest bases in the country.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Military. Death penalty upheld for Nidal Hasan
Who killed 13 in base shooting
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Biden rejects some plea deal conditions for 9/11 suspects
They could still escape death penalty
- AUGUST 23, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Plea negotiations could mean 9/11 defendants will not face the death penalty
The Pentagon has advised families of some of the thousands killed
AUGUST 20, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - New Restorative Justice Webpage
DPIC explains the basics of restorative justice