death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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Ramirez was finally captured in August 1985 and ultimately convicted of all 43 charges for which he was charged; the killer died in prison in 2013 while serving on death row.
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Texas has been known to relabel its drugs’ beyond-use dates, a practice that has been criticized in recent years by death row inmates who have alleged in court that the drugs are expired and unsafe.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
There are now 24 men remaining on South Carolina’s death row after Singleton's death.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Near the end of Robert Altman’s savage showbiz satire, Roberts appears briefly as herself, playing a part in a movie-within-a-movie about a woman on death row.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Texas has been known to relabel its drugs’ beyond-use dates, a practice that has been criticized in recent years by death row inmates who have alleged in court that the drugs are expired and unsafe.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
There are now 24 men remaining on South Carolina’s death row after Singleton's death.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Near the end of Robert Altman’s savage showbiz satire, Roberts appears briefly as herself, playing a part in a movie-within-a-movie about a woman on death row.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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