death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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In 1993, an Amnesty International delegation was deployed to Jamaica after four men on death row were shot in their cells by prison guards.
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Natalie Meade, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
Juries in Tarrant County last year sent three defendants to death row.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
After the Supreme Court's decision, Glossip was moved off death row, but was held without bail in the Oklahoma County Detention Center on a first-degree murder charge.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 9 June 2025
His transfer to death row was expedited by the Trump administration.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2025
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Natalie Meade, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
Juries in Tarrant County last year sent three defendants to death row.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2025
After the Supreme Court's decision, Glossip was moved off death row, but was held without bail in the Oklahoma County Detention Center on a first-degree murder charge.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 9 June 2025
His transfer to death row was expedited by the Trump administration.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2025
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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