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
JANUARY 15, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED
US District Judge Ginger Berrigan has overturned the death sentence of Paul
- JANUARY 12, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Long neutral, FDA helps states get drug needed for executions.
USA - Long neutral, FDA helps states get drug needed for executions.
- JANUARY 8, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Police officials argue death penalty doesn't make us safer
USA - Police officials argue death penalty doesn't make us safer
- JANUARY 4, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Murder Victims’ Families Need Services More Than the Death Penalty.
USA - Murder Victims’ Families Need Services More Than the Death Penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Of the 50 states that make up the United States of America, 38 have the death penalty.
Of the 50 states that make up the United States of America, 38 have the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 20, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Executions Down 12% Nationwide; Death Sentences Near Historic Lows in 2010
USA - Executions Down 12% Nationwide; Death Sentences Near Historic Lows in 2010
DECEMBER 16, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: OKLAHOMA USES ANIMAL EUTHANASIA DRUG IN EXECUTION
A US state executed a convicted murderer with an animal drug for the first time because of an anesthetic shortage.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Supreme Court Halts 4 Executions
USA - Tennessee. Supreme Court Halts 4 Executions
NOVEMBER 19, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: JUDGE ALLOWS NEW LETHAL INJECTION DRUG FOR OKLAHOMA EXECUTIONS
U.S District Judge Stephen P. Friot allows new lethal injection drug for Oklahoma executions
- NOVEMBER 16, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Poll Shows Growing Support for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
USA - Poll Shows Growing Support for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
NOVEMBER 16, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY: ZAMPARUTTI (RADICALS)- ITALY NOT TO COLLABORATE WITH THE US LETHAL INJECTION
Radical parliamentarian and Hands Off Cain treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti today presented an urgent interrogation to the Council President and the Health Minister.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - US opposed the moratorium vote at the U.N. The U.N General Assembly Human Rights Committee
USA - US opposed the moratorium vote at the U.N. The U.N General Assembly Human Rights Committee