death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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South Carolina executed three death row prisoners by firing squad last year — the first of their kind since Utah last performed one in June 2010.
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2026
He has been incarcerated on Alabama's death row for more than two decades, after being convicted of a 1998 double murder.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Alabama's relatively new nitrogen gas execution method could inflict a cruel amount of pain and suffering on a death row inmate who says that he'd rather be killed by a firing squad, a federal appeals court has ruled.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Yarris was sentenced to death and remained on death row for over two decades.
—Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2026
He has been incarcerated on Alabama's death row for more than two decades, after being convicted of a 1998 double murder.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Alabama's relatively new nitrogen gas execution method could inflict a cruel amount of pain and suffering on a death row inmate who says that he'd rather be killed by a firing squad, a federal appeals court has ruled.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Yarris was sentenced to death and remained on death row for over two decades.
—Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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