death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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Under bright blue skies, visitors toured the reproduction gallows near Building No. 2, also known as death row, which stands approximately 200 feet from the original gallows’ warehouse location.
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Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2025
Trump is a staunch supporter of the death penalty and has called for the ultimate punishment to be carried out expeditiously for murderers languishing on death row for decades.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 16 May 2025
From 1976 to 2015, 80% of the state’s capital sentences were reversed on appeal, and 12 people have been exonerated from its death row.
—Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 12 May 2025
An additional man has been sentenced to death but is on death row in California, as he was sentenced in both states.
—Viola Flowers, NBC news, 9 May 2025
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Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2025
Trump is a staunch supporter of the death penalty and has called for the ultimate punishment to be carried out expeditiously for murderers languishing on death row for decades.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 16 May 2025
From 1976 to 2015, 80% of the state’s capital sentences were reversed on appeal, and 12 people have been exonerated from its death row.
—Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 12 May 2025
An additional man has been sentenced to death but is on death row in California, as he was sentenced in both states.
—Viola Flowers, NBC news, 9 May 2025
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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