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
FEBRUARY 8, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: DEATH ROW POPULATION DECREASED OVER THE LAST DECADE
The latest edition of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's Death Row USA shows a decrease
JANUARY 31, 2012PortugalDEATH PENALTYPORTUGAL: SUPREME COURT REJECTS 2ND US APPEAL TO EXTRADITE FUGITIVE GEORGE WRIGHT
Portugal's Supreme Court refused a second appeal by the United States to extradite American
- JANUARY 27, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the US State Department said it was trying to confirm with China reports...
the US State Department said it was trying to confirm with China reports...
- JANUARY 24, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Professor Victor Streib has published the latest edition of his periodic reports, Death Penalty for Female Offenders.
USA - Professor Victor Streib has published the latest edition of his periodic reports, Death Penalty for Female Offenders.
JANUARY 24, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: DEATH PENALTY FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS
Professor Victor Streib of the Ohio Northern University Law School has published the
- JANUARY 23, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Joe D'Ambrosio, 49, white, becomes the Nation's 140th Death Row Exonerated
USA - Ohio. Joe D'Ambrosio, 49, white, becomes the Nation's 140th Death Row Exonerated
- JANUARY 18, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 14 activists arrested yesterday at U.S. Supreme Court
USA - 14 activists arrested yesterday at U.S. Supreme Court
- JANUARY 17, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Europe. European court of human rights dismisses appeals against extradition to US by Briton Phillip Harkins and American Joshua Edwards.
USA - Europe. European court of human rights dismisses appeals against extradition to US by Briton Phillip Harkins and American Joshua Edwards.
- JANUARY 13, 2012PortugalDEATH PENALTY
PORTUGAL: US ASKS TO REVIEW AMERICAN FUGITIVE CASE
the United States asked Portugal's Supreme Court to review its refusal to extradite
JANUARY 9, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AMERICAN EX-MARINE AMIR MIRZA HEKMATI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING
An American ex-Marine, who also holds Iranian citizenship, has been sentenced
- JANUARY 8, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Lundbeck is selling the Pentobarbital rights
USA - Lundbeck is selling the Pentobarbital rights
- JANUARY 6, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. The latest edition of the NAACP "Death Row USA" showed a decrease of 29 inmates in the death row population between January 1 and April 1, 2011
USA. The latest edition of the NAACP "Death Row USA" showed a decrease of 29 inmates in the death row population between January 1 and April 1, 2011