death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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During Commissioner Hamm’s deposition, one of Grayson’s lawyers pointed out the ability for some death row inmates to acquire drugs, including his own client — and questioned whether that affected Grayson’s ability to meaningfully participate in his own defense.
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Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
Texas and Alabama are poised to execute death row inmates within minutes of each other on the same day this week.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Juries in Tarrant County last year sent three defendants to death row.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2025
Wuornos was executed on Florida’s death row in 2002, having been sentenced to death 10 years earlier.
—Peter White, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
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Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
Texas and Alabama are poised to execute death row inmates within minutes of each other on the same day this week.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Juries in Tarrant County last year sent three defendants to death row.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2025
Wuornos was executed on Florida’s death row in 2002, having been sentenced to death 10 years earlier.
—Peter White, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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