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
DECEMBER 11, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Poll: Majority of U.S. Catholics support death penalty
Despite Catechism
DECEMBER 9, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Roundup of 2025 Legislation to Modify Execution Protocols
DECEMBER 5, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Col. Jonathan Vaughn to Lead Guantánamo Defense Teams
NOVEMBER 20, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump would like to sentence parliamentarians who oppose him to death for ‘treason’
NOVEMBER 19, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - ACLU Report Exposes Systemic Failures in Death Penalty System
"Fatal Flaws"
NOVEMBER 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Another Iranian–American Imprisoned: Afarin Mohajer
- NOVEMBER 7, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Prisoners off death row protest transfer to supermax lockup
NOVEMBER 6, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - States’ death penalty policies are heading in sharply different directions
NOVEMBER 5, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Gallup poll: 52% of Americans in favor of the death penalty. 41% amongst younger Americans
SEPTEMBER 20, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Luigi Mangione’s lawyers urge judge to block death penalty
Because of actions that had violated his due process rights
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - What’s Behind the Execution Surge of 2025?
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - A Conservative against the death penalty
Demetrius Minor, director of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty