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
- OCTOBER 26, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Report Documents “Dramatic Rise” in Republican Support for Death-Penalty Repeal.
USA - New Report Documents “Dramatic Rise” in Republican Support for Death-Penalty Repeal.
OCTOBER 26, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: NEW REPORT DOCUMENTS ‘DRAMATIC RISE’ IN REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR DEATH-PENALTY REPEAL
"The death penalty is dying in the United States, and Republicans are contributing to its demise," concludes a new report, The Right Way, released on October 25 by the advocacy group Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty.
OCTOBER 26, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: SUPPORT FOR DEATH PENALTY IN U.S. FALLS TO A 45-YEAR LOW
“Americans' support for the death penalty has dipped to a level not seen in 45 years,” according to the results of the 2017 Gallup poll released on October 26.
- OCTOBER 11, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - In Guantanamo, in the case of al Nashiri, the entire civilian legal team has quit the case over a secret ethical conflict.
USA - In Guantanamo, in the case of al Nashiri, the entire civilian legal team has quit the case over a secret ethical conflict.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Study: Worst Crimes Carry Highest Risk of Bad Evidence, Wrongful Convictions.
USA - Study: Worst Crimes Carry Highest Risk of Bad Evidence, Wrongful Convictions.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: WORST CRIMES CARRY HIGHEST RISK OF BAD EVIDENCE, WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
Two professors of sociology and criminology who reviewed more than 1500 cases in which convicted prisoners were later exonerated have found a direct relationship between the seriousness of the crime and miscarriages of justice: "the 'worst of the worst cr
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC Study Finds No Evidence that Death Penalty Deters Murder or Protects Police
USA - DPIC Study Finds No Evidence that Death Penalty Deters Murder or Protects Police
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: DPIC STUDY FINDS NO EVIDENCE THAT DEATH PENALTY DETERS MURDER OR PROTECTS POLICE
A Death Penalty Information Center analysis of U.S. murder data from 1987 through 2015 has found no evidence that the death penalty deters murder or protects police.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Sixteen Years Later, No Date in Sight for Death-Penalty Trial of Alleged 9/11 Conspirators.
USA - Sixteen Years Later, No Date in Sight for Death-Penalty Trial of Alleged 9/11 Conspirators.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row USA Spring 2017" as of April 1, 2017.
USA - "Death Row USA Spring 2017" as of April 1, 2017.
- AUGUST 23, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
- AUGUST 21, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Johnson & Johnson speaks out against the planned use of Etomidate for the upcoming execution of Asay.
USA - Florida. Johnson & Johnson speaks out against the planned use of Etomidate for the upcoming execution of Asay.