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
- JUNE 9, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Opposes Participation in Executions.
USA - American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Opposes Participation in Executions.
- JUNE 8, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 3 national polls on the death penalty have been recently published, and each gave different results
USA - 3 national polls on the death penalty have been recently published, and each gave different results
JUNE 8, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: DIFFERENT RESULTS IN 3 NATIONAL POLLS ON THE DEATH PENALTY
Three national polls on the death penalty have been published between 1 and 4 June 2015 and each gave
- JUNE 4, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Americans favour death over life without parole by 50% to 45%.
USA - Americans favour death over life without parole by 50% to 45%.
- JUNE 4, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - New ABC News/Washington Post poll shows diminished death penalty support.
USA - New ABC News/Washington Post poll shows diminished death penalty support.
- JUNE 1, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Quinnipiac poll: American voters are leaning against the death penalty in general, except for terrorism.
USA - Quinnipiac poll: American voters are leaning against the death penalty in general, except for terrorism.
- MAY 28, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Which State Will Be Next to Abolish the Death Penalty?
USA - Which State Will Be Next to Abolish the Death Penalty?
- MAY 28, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. Massachusetts. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be formally sentenced to death on June 24
USA - Federal. Massachusetts. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be formally sentenced to death on June 24
MAY 15, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH, A PURELY SYMBOLIC JUDGEMENT IN A DE FACTO MORATORIUM REGIME
Dzhohkar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by a federal jury for helping carry out the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded 264 others in the crowds at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. But his execution may not happen for decades – if eve
- MAY 15, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - A federal jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for setting off bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon
USA - A federal jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for setting off bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon
- MAY 7, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The United States legally kill 40 murderers a year, but leave 5,000 completely free.
USA - The United States legally kill 40 murderers a year, but leave 5,000 completely free.
- MAY 5, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Two recent articles have calculated that every year the police kill an average of 1,100 people, and that since 2005, only 54 police officers were indicted
USA - Two recent articles have calculated that every year the police kill an average of 1,100 people, and that since 2005, only 54 police officers were indicted