death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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James Broadnax has been on death row since 2009.
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Steve Pickett, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
The net result of Hawk’s ruling is that Chatman, who had already been taken off death row by a 2024 resentencing initiative headed by District Attorney Jeff Rosen, will see his current life-without-parole sentence reduced to a 25 years-to-life term.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
An agreement halting the executions of nine Georgia inmates on death row during the coronavirus pandemic shouldn’t keep them alive anymore, the state’s solicitor general argued Wednesday to the Georgia Supreme Court, the AJC’s Rosie Manins reports.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Yahnian, who researched him for her podcast, believes Hilton, who now sits on death row in Florida, is behind more missing persons cases on the Appalachian Trail.
—Katie Jackson, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
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Steve Pickett, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
The net result of Hawk’s ruling is that Chatman, who had already been taken off death row by a 2024 resentencing initiative headed by District Attorney Jeff Rosen, will see his current life-without-parole sentence reduced to a 25 years-to-life term.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
An agreement halting the executions of nine Georgia inmates on death row during the coronavirus pandemic shouldn’t keep them alive anymore, the state’s solicitor general argued Wednesday to the Georgia Supreme Court, the AJC’s Rosie Manins reports.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Yahnian, who researched him for her podcast, believes Hilton, who now sits on death row in Florida, is behind more missing persons cases on the Appalachian Trail.
—Katie Jackson, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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