death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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Pike, 49, has spent most of her life on death row.
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Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Michael Overstreet is now on death row for raping and murdering another young woman the same year Myers vanished.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Kendrick most recently represented death row inmate Steven Bixby, who has been convicted of shooting officers dead in 2003.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Tennessee is preparing to execute a woman for the first time in more than two centuries, after the state’s Supreme Court set the execution date for Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Michael Overstreet is now on death row for raping and murdering another young woman the same year Myers vanished.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Kendrick most recently represented death row inmate Steven Bixby, who has been convicted of shooting officers dead in 2003.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Tennessee is preparing to execute a woman for the first time in more than two centuries, after the state’s Supreme Court set the execution date for Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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