United States
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 202616
SENTENCES0
- 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 17, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Who are the death row executioners?
Disgraced doctors, suspended nurses and drunk drivers
APRIL 11, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Military Judge Throws Out Sept. 11 Case Confession as Obtained Through Torture
The case of Ammar al-Baluchi
APRIL 1, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione
In UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
MARCH 28, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - GOP lawmakers in 10 states introduce bills to treat abortion as homicide
MARCH 13, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Does the “minor age” really end at 18?
What Experts are Saying About Emerging Adult Behavioral Development
MARCH 11, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri Signs Plea Offer
One of the guantamo trials. The unknown of political reaction
MARCH 11, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - New report, Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025
Nearly 2 million people incarcerated in the U.S.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Will Luigi Mangione face death penalty?
FEBRUARY 13, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - ‘Warden, I am ready’: documentary on the death penalty as seen from the point of view of a victim's son
- FEBRUARY 7, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Sept. 11 Plea Deal Includes Gag Order on C.I.A. Torture Secrets
FEBRUARY 3, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - List of the 26 death sentences of 2024
FEBRUARY 1, 2025United StatesDEATH BY PUNISHMENTUSA - 194.000 persons serving life sentences
A study by The Sentencing Project