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
AUGUST 26, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump Calls for Death Penalty in All D.C. Murder Cases
Washington D.C. abolished death penalty in 1981
AUGUST 16, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - It is increasingly clear that the Guantanamo trials are impossible
The families of the victims are now resigned to this fact
JULY 28, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Study: Do All Religions Support the Death Penalty?
JULY 23, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ronald Tabak, a pillar of the fight against the death penalty in the United States, has died
JULY 21, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Do all victims’ family members support the death penalty?
- JULY 10, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mid-Year Review: New Death Sentences Low, Increase in Executions
Death Penalty Information Center analysis
- JULY 9, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Catholic Church and capital punishment in the United States
Austin Sarat, Amherst College (Massachusetts)
- JULY 8, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - ACLU Report Shows How Death Penalty Jury Selection Discriminates
Against Black Americans, Women, and People of Faith
- JUNE 5, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Firing squad, electric chair, nitrogen gas, injection: US expands execution methods
MAY 31, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump pardons Larry Hoover, notorious drug kingpins
Even as he escalates U.S. drug war rhetoric
MAY 25, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - The Rev. Jeff Hood nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Has witnessed 9 executions
- MAY 7, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Victims’ Families Remain Divided on Federal Death Penalty