death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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As of this writing, Wilson’s currently on death row at the Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Fla.
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Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 6 May 2026
He will be transferred from the Tarrant County Jail to death row at a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison.
—Harriet Ramos
may 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2026
Stayner, 64, has been on death row, at San Quentin State Prison, since 2002.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Her octopus was named Marcellus McSquiddles, an aging crank who notes his days of captivity in a Puget Sound aquarium as if on death row, but also recognizes the night janitor, Tova, is lonely and grieving.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
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Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 6 May 2026
He will be transferred from the Tarrant County Jail to death row at a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison.
—Harriet Ramos
may 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2026
Stayner, 64, has been on death row, at San Quentin State Prison, since 2002.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Her octopus was named Marcellus McSquiddles, an aging crank who notes his days of captivity in a Puget Sound aquarium as if on death row, but also recognizes the night janitor, Tova, is lonely and grieving.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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