death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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While Aguirre is still on death row, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced in March 2019 that the state would have a moratorium on capital punishment, meaning Aguirre’s execution date is yet to be determined.
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Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 24 May 2025
There are 46 people currently on the state's death row, according to the not-for-profit Death Penalty Information Center, which researches and collects data on the death penalty.
—CBS News, 22 May 2025
His remaining legal avenues include a challenge to the constitutionality of lethal injection, pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, and a new pleading filed Monday, which challenges the quality of the legal representation death row inmates receive from the state.
—Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
South Carolina Department of Corrections/AP One month before Mahdi was shot, on March 7, another South Carolina death row prisoner, Brad Sigmon, became the first person to die by the state's firing squad.
—Chiara Eisner, NPR, 8 May 2025
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Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 24 May 2025
There are 46 people currently on the state's death row, according to the not-for-profit Death Penalty Information Center, which researches and collects data on the death penalty.
—CBS News, 22 May 2025
His remaining legal avenues include a challenge to the constitutionality of lethal injection, pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, and a new pleading filed Monday, which challenges the quality of the legal representation death row inmates receive from the state.
—Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
South Carolina Department of Corrections/AP One month before Mahdi was shot, on March 7, another South Carolina death row prisoner, Brad Sigmon, became the first person to die by the state's firing squad.
—Chiara Eisner, NPR, 8 May 2025
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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