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
- APRIL 11, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. New law reduces secrecy in executions.
SB 270 signed by governor Ralph Northam.
- APRIL 8, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Prisoners and COVID-19
USA - Prisoners and COVID-19
- APRIL 7, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overtured an injunction against the Trump administration’s plan to restart federal executions
USA - Federal. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit overtured an injunction against the Trump administration’s plan to restart federal executions
APRIL 3, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 2019 Exoneration Report
USA - 2019 Exoneration Report
- MARCH 27, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Coronavirus Pandemic Halts Executions, Perhaps for the Foreseeable Future.
USA - Coronavirus Pandemic Halts Executions, Perhaps for the Foreseeable Future.
- MARCH 25, 2020United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK - USA. United Kingdom Supreme Court Rules Britain Cannot Provide Evidence to U.S. for Use in Death-Penalty Cases.
UK - USA. United Kingdom Supreme Court Rules Britain Cannot Provide Evidence to U.S. for Use in Death-Penalty Cases.
MARCH 25, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Retirement of Guantánamo Military Judge Likely to Further Delay Sept. 11 Death-Penalty Trial.
USA - Retirement of Guantánamo Military Judge Likely to Further Delay Sept. 11 Death-Penalty Trial.
- MARCH 24, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA: COLORADO ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY
Colorado became the 22nd U.S. state to abolish the death penalty, and the tenth to do so in the past decade-and-a-half, as Governor Jared Polis signed legislation repealing the state’s capital punishment statute.
MARCH 18, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - The Sentencing Project publishes its "ANNUAL REPORT 2019"
USA - The Sentencing Project publishes its "ANNUAL REPORT 2019"
- MARCH 18, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA: UPDATES ON GUANTÁNAMO BAY
Inside the Most Secret Place at Guantánamo Bay----At Camp 7, the military holds prisoners who were previously held and interrogated by the C.I.A. But in recent years, conditions have eased up a bit.
- MARCH 15, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. Updates on Guantánamo Bay
USA - Military. Updates on Guantánamo Bay
- MARCH 12, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The Winter 2020 edition of Death Row USA (DRUSA), updated to January 1, 2020
USA - The Winter 2020 edition of Death Row USA (DRUSA), updated to January 1, 2020