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
- JANUARY 1, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pfizer Blocks the Use of Its Drugs in Executions.
USA - Pfizer Blocks the Use of Its Drugs in Executions.
- DECEMBER 29, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. Governor Issues Reprieve FOR Elmore, Calls for Abolition of Death Penalty.
USA - Washington. Governor Issues Reprieve FOR Elmore, Calls for Abolition of Death Penalty.
- DECEMBER 29, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Prisons chief gets new license for death penalty drugs, with 'no immediate plans' to use it.
USA - Nebraska. Prisons chief gets new license for death penalty drugs, with 'no immediate plans' to use it.
- DECEMBER 21, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC Releases Year End Report: Historic Declines in Death Penalty Use Continue.
USA - DPIC Releases Year End Report: Historic Declines in Death Penalty Use Continue.
- DECEMBER 21, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Jury Urges Death Penalty for Steven Dean Gordon
USA - California. Jury Urges Death Penalty for Steven Dean Gordon
DECEMBER 21, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: HISTORIC DECLINES IN DEATH PENALTY USE CONTINUE
Death sentences, executions, and public support for the death penalty continued their historic declines in 2016, according to DPIC's annual report, "The Death Penalty in 2016: Year End Report," released on December 21.
- DECEMBER 16, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The Court of Criminal Appeals reinstated the death sentences of Ronnie Kirksey, Corey Wimbley, and Ryan Russell
USA - Alabama. The Court of Criminal Appeals reinstated the death sentences of Ronnie Kirksey, Corey Wimbley, and Ryan Russell
- DECEMBER 16, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced Norman Belcher to death
USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced Norman Belcher to death
- DECEMBER 13, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Michael Dukakis endorses campaign to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg, executed in 1953.
USA - Michael Dukakis endorses campaign to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg, executed in 1953.
DECEMBER 13, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: EX-GOVERNOR MICHAEL DUKAKIS ENDORSES CAMPAIGN TO EXONERATE ETHEL ROSENBERG, EXECUTED IN 1953
More than 60 years after the execution of alleged spy Ethel Rosenberg, a former governor of Massachusetts has endorsed a campaign to exonerate her.
NOVEMBER 28, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: JUDGE GRANTS DYLANN ROOF'S REQUEST TO REPRESENT HIMSELF IN FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY TRIAL
U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Gergel granted a request from Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old charged
- NOVEMBER 14, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - CNN: A comeback for the death penalty?
USA - CNN: A comeback for the death penalty?