death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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An Orange County judge has denied a request by Tommy Zeigler — who has been on Florida’s death row for nearly 50 years — to throw out his convictions for the brutal murders of his wife, her parents and a customer at his furniture store and grant him a new hearing.
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Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
But that was only after Yarris had spent 22 years on death row in a Pennsylvania prison.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
As Yarris recounts to Jacki Miles (Thompson), a volunteer for an abolitionist group, for his first two years on death row, speaking wasn’t allowed.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
The play is about a man who spent 22 years on death row before being exonerated by DNA testing.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
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Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
But that was only after Yarris had spent 22 years on death row in a Pennsylvania prison.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
As Yarris recounts to Jacki Miles (Thompson), a volunteer for an abolitionist group, for his first two years on death row, speaking wasn’t allowed.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
The play is about a man who spent 22 years on death row before being exonerated by DNA testing.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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