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
- APRIL 30, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - About 1,100 police-related homicides in 2014.
USA - About 1,100 police-related homicides in 2014.
- APRIL 29, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - U.S. has 10 times more mentally ill in its prisons than in psychiatric hospitals.
USA - U.S. has 10 times more mentally ill in its prisons than in psychiatric hospitals.
- APRIL 29, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Oklahoma's Lethal Injection Protocol
USA - Oklahoma. Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Oklahoma's Lethal Injection Protocol
- APRIL 29, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Creator of Lethal Injection Protocol Calls Death Penalty "Problematic".
USA - Creator of Lethal Injection Protocol Calls Death Penalty "Problematic".
- APRIL 29, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Il Dipartimento di Giustizia ha confermato che le esecuzioni federali sono state sospese
USA - Il Dipartimento di Giustizia ha confermato che le esecuzioni federali sono state sospese
- APRIL 29, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The US Department of Justice confirmed that federal executions have been halted
USA - The US Department of Justice confirmed that federal executions have been halted
APRIL 29, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: CREATOR OF LETHAL INJECTION PROTOCOL CALLS DEATH PENALTY ‘PROBLEMATIC’
Dr. Jay Chapman, the Oklahoma medical examiner who created the three-drug lethal injection protocol that
- APRIL 23, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - On this day in 1969 Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to die in the gas chamber after being convicted of killing Sen. Robert F. Kennedy
USA - On this day in 1969 Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to die in the gas chamber after being convicted of killing Sen. Robert F. Kennedy
- APRIL 22, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Akorn asked also Arizona and Kentucky to return supply of Midazolam.
USA - Akorn asked also Arizona and Kentucky to return supply of Midazolam.
- APRIL 21, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Massachusetts. Victims in Boston Marathon Bombings Are Split on Death Penalty.
USA - Massachusetts. Victims in Boston Marathon Bombings Are Split on Death Penalty.
- APRIL 18, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - FBI Acknowledges Flawed Forensic Testimony Affected At Least 32 Death Penalty Cases
USA - FBI Acknowledges Flawed Forensic Testimony Affected At Least 32 Death Penalty Cases
- APRIL 16, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Penalty Poll 2015: Support At Record Low
USA - Death Penalty Poll 2015: Support At Record Low