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 4, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED, 4 OTHERS CHARGED IN 9/11 ATTACK
Pentagon approves 9/11 death penalty tribunal. Retired Vice Adm. Bruce MacDonald, in
- MARCH 27, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal judge bars import of execution drug.
USA - Federal judge bars import of execution drug.
MARCH 27, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: FEDERAL JUDGE BARS IMPORT OF EXECUTION DRUG
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington issued the 22-page decision in a case filed by 21 condemned convicts against the federal Food and Drug Administration, which they alleged had violated its own rules by allowing entry of the powerful anaesthet
- MARCH 23, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. Judge removes 1 of 2 women on federal death row: Angela Johnson, 48, white
USA - Federal. Judge removes 1 of 2 women on federal death row: Angela Johnson, 48, white
- MARCH 19, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Bruce Springsteen is lending his support to People of Faith Against the Death Penalty
USA - Bruce Springsteen is lending his support to People of Faith Against the Death Penalty
MARCH 19, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTYNORTH CAROLINA (USA): SPRINGSTEEN ADDRESSES DEATH PENALTY ON GREENSBORO STOP
Bruce Springsteen is coming to Greensboro, where he'll be doing more than playing
MARCH 18, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: SERGEANT BALES’ LAWYER ADMITS HIS CLIENT COULD BE EXECUTED
Robert Bales, the US soldier who massacred 16 Afghans, could face the death penalty
- MARCH 14, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - About false confessions
USA - About false confessions
- MARCH 9, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 500 Taser deaths in the United States.
USA - 500 Taser deaths in the United States.
MARCH 9, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: 500 TASER DEATHS
It's a myth that Tasers are less than lethal weapons: Amnesty International recently
- FEBRUARY 9, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death row inmates sue to stop FDA from allowing importation of drug used in executions
USA - Death row inmates sue to stop FDA from allowing importation of drug used in executions
- FEBRUARY 8, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The latest edition of "Death Row USA" shows a decrease of 31 inmates between January 1 and July 1, 2011
USA - The latest edition of "Death Row USA" shows a decrease of 31 inmates between January 1 and July 1, 2011