death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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Near the end of Robert Altman’s savage showbiz satire, Roberts appears briefly as herself, playing a part in a movie-within-a-movie about a woman on death row.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Bundy was later executed in 1989 after confessing to 30 murders while on death row, just five years after Gein died from a respiratory ailment.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Ron, who spent decades on death row, died in prison in 2019 at age 78 of natural causes.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Pike, 49, has spent most of her life on death row.
—Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Bundy was later executed in 1989 after confessing to 30 murders while on death row, just five years after Gein died from a respiratory ailment.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Ron, who spent decades on death row, died in prison in 2019 at age 78 of natural causes.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Pike, 49, has spent most of her life on death row.
—Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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