death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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Florida has wrongly put more people on death row than any state in America — at least 30 times.
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Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Michael was placed on death row in 2001, and Robert was sentenced to life in prison in 2002.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Jason Hubbell's push to for a new trial in Myers' murder is getting help from an unlikely source: The ex-wife of Michael Dean Overstreet, who is on death row for killing Eckart.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 Aug. 2025
By accepting a plea deal to stay off death row, Kohberger avoided a high-profile trial at which those matters almost certainly would have come up.
—Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
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Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Michael was placed on death row in 2001, and Robert was sentenced to life in prison in 2002.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Jason Hubbell's push to for a new trial in Myers' murder is getting help from an unlikely source: The ex-wife of Michael Dean Overstreet, who is on death row for killing Eckart.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 Aug. 2025
By accepting a plea deal to stay off death row, Kohberger avoided a high-profile trial at which those matters almost certainly would have come up.
—Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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