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
- MAY 27, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Supreme Court Strikes Down Florida's Strict IQ Cutoff for Death Penalty.
USA - Florida. Supreme Court Strikes Down Florida's Strict IQ Cutoff for Death Penalty.
- MAY 10, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - On Cnn: It's time to televise executions.
USA - On Cnn: It's time to televise executions.
- MAY 7, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Panel suggests fixes for death penalty in U.S.
USA - Panel suggests fixes for death penalty in U.S.
MAY 2, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTYOBAMA: THERE HAVE BEEN 'SIGNIFICANT' PROBLEMS WITH THE DEATH PENALTY
President Barack Obama called the botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate "deeply troubling" and announced that he was going to ask the Attorney General to analyze problems surrounding the application of the death penalty in the United States.
- MAY 2, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - UN urges death penalty moratorium in US.
USA - UN urges death penalty moratorium in US.
- MAY 1, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Not all physicians are against participating in executions
USA - Not all physicians are against participating in executions
- APRIL 28, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - More Than 4% of Death Row Inmates May Be Innocent.
USA - More Than 4% of Death Row Inmates May Be Innocent.
- APRIL 24, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - A federal jury in Virginia sentenced Jorge Torrez to death
USA - A federal jury in Virginia sentenced Jorge Torrez to death
APRIL 22, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: AMERICAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN
State media say a court in Vietnam has sentenced an American to death for heroin trafficking.
APRIL 12, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FORMER MARINE ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY AFTER SENTENCE IS SECRETLY REDUCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON
A former Marine incarcerated in Iran in 2011 and sentenced to death on espionage charges was secretly
- MARCH 24, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pharmacists urged not to assist US executions.
USA - Pharmacists urged not to assist US executions.
- MARCH 10, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death penalty states are taking elaborate steps to secure drugs for use in lethal injections, USA Today reports.
USA - Death penalty states are taking elaborate steps to secure drugs for use in lethal injections, USA Today reports.