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 18, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC Releases Year End Report: Executions and Death Sentence Fall to Historic Lows.
USA - DPIC Releases Year End Report: Executions and Death Sentence Fall to Historic Lows.
- DECEMBER 1, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition, Second Edition by E. Christian Brugger.
USA - Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition, Second Edition by E. Christian Brugger.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Attorney General Eric Holder Shares His Feelings On The Death Penalty.
USA - Attorney General Eric Holder Shares His Feelings On The Death Penalty.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Lawyers for Death Row Inmates Missed Critical Filing Deadlines in 80 Cases
USA - Lawyers for Death Row Inmates Missed Critical Filing Deadlines in 80 Cases.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The Justice Department released its annual Uniform Crime Report for 2013.
USA - The Justice Department released its annual Uniform Crime Report for 2013.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row, USA" Fall 2014 Now Available.
USA - "Death Row, USA" Fall 2014 Now Available.
- OCTOBER 31, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Another Florida Inmate Added to Exoneration List.
USA - Florida. Another Florida Inmate Added to Exoneration List.
- OCTOBER 23, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death penalty Gallup poll released today
USA - Death penalty Gallup poll released today
- OCTOBER 16, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Study: death penalties deter many murders at far less cost.
USA - Study: death penalties deter many murders at far less cost.
- OCTOBER 3, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Supreme Court Begins New Term with at Least 1 Capital Case.
USA - Supreme Court Begins New Term with at Least 1 Capital Case.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. (federal) A federal jury today imposed the death penalty on Thomas Sanders
USA - Louisiana. (federal) A federal jury today imposed the death penalty on Thomas Sanders
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - More details about the allegation of inaccurate testimony by FBI experts in many capital cases.
USA - More details about the allegation of inaccurate testimony by FBI experts in many capital cases.