United States
2026
- 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
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal Executions Likely Caused Prison COVID-19 Outbreak.
USA - Federal Executions Likely Caused Prison COVID-19 Outbreak.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Report Finds Rampant Government Misconduct in Death-Row Exonerations, Especially with Black Defendants.
USA - Report Finds Rampant Government Misconduct in Death-Row Exonerations, Especially with Black Defendants.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Curtis Flowers Exonerated n. 171
USA - Mississippi. Curtis Flowers Exonerated n. 171
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: KEITH NELSON EXECUTED IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM
Keith Nelson, 45, White, was executed on August 28, 2020 in the federal system.
AUGUST 31, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Coronavirus Prison Fatalities Reaches 931, Surpass Two Decades of Executions
USA - Coronavirus Prison Fatalities Reaches 931, Surpass Two Decades of Executions
- AUGUST 28, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Keith Nelson, 45, White, was executed today in the federal system.
USA - Keith Nelson, 45, White, was executed today in the federal system.
AUGUST 27, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Robert Duboise, who had been sentenced to death in 1985, walked out of prison.
USA - Florida. Robert Duboise, who had been sentenced to death in 1985, walked out of prison.
AUGUST 26, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on death row, was executed at the federal prison in Terre Haute.
USA - Federal. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on death row, was executed at the federal prison in Terre Haute.
AUGUST 26, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Autopsy Results Provide ‘Virtual Medical Certainty’ that Prisoners will Experience ‘Excruciating Pain’ During Federal Executions.
USA - Autopsy Results Provide ‘Virtual Medical Certainty’ that Prisoners will Experience ‘Excruciating Pain’ During Federal Executions.
AUGUST 10, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Death Row USA (DRUSA) up to April 1, 2020
USA - Death Row USA (DRUSA) up to April 1, 2020
AUGUST 9, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Pedro Arias is the 12th death row prisoner to die of Covid-19
USA - California. Pedro Arias is the 12th death row prisoner to die of Covid-19
- AUGUST 9, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Pedro Arias, 12° morto di Covid-19 nel braccio della morte.
USA - California. Pedro Arias, 12° morto di Covid-19 nel braccio della morte.