death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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The eight men on death row in Idaho are kept at the state’s maximum security prison south of Boise, while Row is held at the Idaho women’s prison in Pocatello.
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Kevin Fixler
september 5, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025
Jones remained on Ohio's death row for decades, exhausting most of his appeals, until Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Wende Cross overturned his murder conviction, freed him from prison and granted him a new trial two years ago.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
Naso, 91, remains on death row at a prison medical facility in Stockton and has made no official statements, leaving investigators to determine whether his claims can be corroborated with evidence strong enough to correct the historical record or support new charges.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
In his final weeks in office, President Joe Biden commuted 37 federal death sentences, leaving just three inmates on federal death row.
—Nik Popli, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
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Kevin Fixler
september 5, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025
Jones remained on Ohio's death row for decades, exhausting most of his appeals, until Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Wende Cross overturned his murder conviction, freed him from prison and granted him a new trial two years ago.
—Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
Naso, 91, remains on death row at a prison medical facility in Stockton and has made no official statements, leaving investigators to determine whether his claims can be corroborated with evidence strong enough to correct the historical record or support new charges.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
In his final weeks in office, President Joe Biden commuted 37 federal death sentences, leaving just three inmates on federal death row.
—Nik Popli, Time, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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