death row

noun

: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row

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Shawn Ingram, whom prosecutors say is the one who poured the gas on Huguley and set the fire, also was convicted of capital murder and is on Alabama's death row. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025 Shawn Ingram, the man accused of pouring gasoline on Huguley and setting him on fire, was also convicted of capital murder and remains on death row in Alabama. Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025 At different times over the last four decades, Hamilton and Cuyahoga counties sent more people to death row than any county in the state – and far more than Franklin County, the state’s largest. Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2025 Before being put on death watch, which begins seven days before execution, Djerf was at the Rincon Unit in Tucson, where all men on death row are housed. Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for death row

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of death row was in 1894

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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

Legal Definition

death row

noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
death row adjective
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