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 8, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Lundbeck is selling the Pentobarbital rights
USA - Lundbeck is selling the Pentobarbital rights
- JANUARY 6, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. The latest edition of the NAACP "Death Row USA" showed a decrease of 29 inmates in the death row population between January 1 and April 1, 2011
USA. The latest edition of the NAACP "Death Row USA" showed a decrease of 29 inmates in the death row population between January 1 and April 1, 2011
- JANUARY 6, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Doctors from around the world call on Hospira to impose restrictions on sale of muscle relaxant for use in lethal injections.
USA - Doctors from around the world call on Hospira to impose restrictions on sale of muscle relaxant for use in lethal injections.
- JANUARY 1, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Of the 50 states that make up the United States of America, 38 have the death penalty.
Of the 50 states that make up the United States of America, 38 have the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 20, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - European Union. European Union restricts sale of execution drugs
USA - European Union. European Union restricts sale of execution drugs
- DECEMBER 15, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The death penalty in 2011: Year end report - Executions Decline, Death Sentences Fall Well Below 100
USA - The death penalty in 2011: Year end report - Executions Decline, Death Sentences Fall Well Below 100
- DECEMBER 12, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - European Union. Europe Restricts Export Of sodium thiopental
USA - European Union. Europe Restricts Export Of sodium thiopental
- NOVEMBER 11, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
'INTO THE ABYSS' REVIEW: EMOTIONS ON DEATH ROW
"Into the Abyss", a Werner Herzog documentary about a killer on Death Row, opens
- OCTOBER 20, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf threw out the federal death penalty against Gary Sampson, 52, white
USA - Federal. U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf threw out the federal death penalty against Gary Sampson, 52, white
- OCTOBER 13, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Galluo Pool: Death penalty support lowest ever
USA - Galluo Pool: Death penalty support lowest ever
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Former Justice John Paul Stevens: I Was Wrong on the Death Penalty.
USA - Former Justice John Paul Stevens: I Was Wrong on the Death Penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. White House: No Troy Davis Call By President Obama
USA - Georgia. White House: No Troy Davis Call By President Obama