death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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Ebrahimi’s death has also renewed attention on the case of another Iranian boxer, Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, who is on death row.
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
In addition to bringing medical care to remote mountain villages half a world away, Halifax has ministered to the dying in hospice, worked with the homeless in New Mexico, cared for prisoners on death row, and led countless protests for peace.
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
In August of that year, a judge imposed two death sentences, ensuring Wilson will spend the rest of his life on Florida’s death row unless his appeals succeed.
—Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
Darby Williams and Perry Cobb became the first two Illinois death row inmates exonerated and released from prison following reinstatement of the death penalty.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
In addition to bringing medical care to remote mountain villages half a world away, Halifax has ministered to the dying in hospice, worked with the homeless in New Mexico, cared for prisoners on death row, and led countless protests for peace.
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
In August of that year, a judge imposed two death sentences, ensuring Wilson will spend the rest of his life on Florida’s death row unless his appeals succeed.
—Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
Darby Williams and Perry Cobb became the first two Illinois death row inmates exonerated and released from prison following reinstatement of the death penalty.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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