death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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Brian Wharton's church in Onalaska, Texas, is 16 miles from the prison where Robert Roberson is incarcerated on death row.
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Dan Slepian, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
The pending move is still weighing on other former death row prisoners.
—Chiara Eisner, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
For years, Robert Boyd Rhoades filed appeals from death row to overturn his sentence for Michael’s murder.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Dec. 2025
As Walls sat on death row, two of Audrey's children died, as did her husband, Hickingbottom said.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 18 Dec. 2025
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Dan Slepian, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
The pending move is still weighing on other former death row prisoners.
—Chiara Eisner, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
For years, Robert Boyd Rhoades filed appeals from death row to overturn his sentence for Michael’s murder.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Dec. 2025
As Walls sat on death row, two of Audrey's children died, as did her husband, Hickingbottom said.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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