death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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Ervin is off death row and being held in a state prison for people with medical needs, according to inmate records.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
Utah executed death row inmate Taberon Honie, 48, at the State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City just after midnight on Thursday.
—Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
Utah executed a death row inmate for the 1998 murder of his then-girlfriend's mother on Thursday, the 12th execution in the nation this year and the state's first since a firing squad execution in 2010.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
Thompson listed among her accomplishments the approval of $1.2 million in compensation to James Joseph Richardson, who was wrongly convicted of murder and had been on death row for 22 years.
—Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
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Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
Utah executed death row inmate Taberon Honie, 48, at the State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City just after midnight on Thursday.
—Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
Utah executed a death row inmate for the 1998 murder of his then-girlfriend's mother on Thursday, the 12th execution in the nation this year and the state's first since a firing squad execution in 2010.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
Thompson listed among her accomplishments the approval of $1.2 million in compensation to James Joseph Richardson, who was wrongly convicted of murder and had been on death row for 22 years.
—Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.
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