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 31, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - The Guardian looks on American death penalty
- DECEMBER 30, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Impending/scheduled executions
DECEMBER 30, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. TFDP's Year End Report: 19 executions, 5 death sentences
DECEMBER 28, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Georgia. Georgia Stacey Humphreys' execution warrant expired
DECEMBER 18, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Cleophus Cooksey, 43, Black, sentenced to death
DECEMBER 15, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - DPIC Year End Report 2025
More executions than new death sentences
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, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Another Iranian–American Imprisoned: Afarin Mohajer