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
- DECEMBER 28, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - More from the DPIC 2018 Year End Report
USA - More from the DPIC 2018 Year End Report
- DECEMBER 20, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. (Federal) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has overturned the federal death sentence imposed on Azibo Aquart
USA - Connecticut. (Federal) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has overturned the federal death sentence imposed on Azibo Aquart
- DECEMBER 14, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC 2018 Year End Report: Death Penalty Usage Stays Near Generational Lows.
USA - DPIC 2018 Year End Report: Death Penalty Usage Stays Near Generational Lows.
- DECEMBER 7, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Father of Murdered Charlottesville Protester Opposes Death Penalty.
USA - Virginia. Father of Murdered Charlottesville Protester Opposes Death Penalty.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Investigation Reveals Texas Obtained Possibly Tainted Execution Drugs from Pharmacy With Tainted Safety Record.
USA - Texas. Investigation Reveals Texas Obtained Possibly Tainted Execution Drugs from Pharmacy With Tainted Safety Record.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC New Report, “Behind the Curtain: Secrecy and the Death Penalty in the United States”.
USA - DPIC New Report, “Behind the Curtain: Secrecy and the Death Penalty in the United States”.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Seven Florida Cases
USA - Florida. U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Seven Florida Cases
- NOVEMBER 11, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Exonerations and Wrongful Convictions Harm Murder Victims’ Families, Too.
USA - Exonerations and Wrongful Convictions Harm Murder Victims’ Families, Too.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Rabbis oppose death penalty for Robert Bowers
USA - Rabbis oppose death penalty for Robert Bowers
- OCTOBER 30, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. Federal prosecutor will pursue capital punishment for Robert Bowers, the “synagogue shooter”
USA - Federal. Federal prosecutor will pursue capital punishment for Robert Bowers, the “synagogue shooter”
- OCTOBER 30, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Private prisons in the United States incarcerated 128,063 people in 2016
USA - Private prisons in the United States incarcerated 128,063 people in 2016
- OCTOBER 25, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Study: Racial Disparities in Death Penalty Begin with Investigations and Arrests.
USA - Study: Racial Disparities in Death Penalty Begin with Investigations and Arrests.