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
- OCTOBER 3, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Supreme Court Begins New Term with at Least 1 Capital Case.
USA - Supreme Court Begins New Term with at Least 1 Capital Case.
OCTOBER 3, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: SUPREME COURT BEGINS NEW TERM WITH AT LEAST ONE CAPITAL CASE
The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its 2014-15 term on October 6.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. (federal) A federal jury today imposed the death penalty on Thomas Sanders
USA - Louisiana. (federal) A federal jury today imposed the death penalty on Thomas Sanders
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - More details about the allegation of inaccurate testimony by FBI experts in many capital cases.
USA - More details about the allegation of inaccurate testimony by FBI experts in many capital cases.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row, USA" Spring 2014 Now Available.
USA - "Death Row, USA" Spring 2014 Now Available.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: ‘DEATH ROW, USA’ SPRING 2014 NOW AVAILABLE
The latest edition of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's Death Row, USA showed an ongoing decline in the
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA: FEDERAL JUDGE CALLS OKLAHOMA EXECUTION PLAN UNREALISTIC
Twenty-one Oklahoma death row inmates, including three with upcoming execution dates, have filed suit
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Former FBI Director Says People Were Executed Based Partly on Faulty Agency Testimony
USA - Former FBI Director Says People Were Executed Based Partly on Faulty Agency Testimony
- JULY 30, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Penalty on Hold in Most of the Country
USA - Death Penalty on Hold in Most of the Country
- JULY 24, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions orders new trial in Donald Fell's case
USA - U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions orders new trial in Donald Fell's case
- JULY 24, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - In Vermont, U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions overturns Donald Fell's 2005 conviction.
USA - In Vermont, U.S. District Court Judge William Sessions overturns Donald Fell's 2005 conviction.
- JULY 23, 2014GermanyDEATH PENALTY
USA - German Officials Refuse to Cooperate in Possible Death Penalty Case.
USA - German Officials Refuse to Cooperate in Possible Death Penalty Case.