death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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Richard Glossip, a longtime death row inmate, will get a new trial after the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the prosecutors withheld evidence and provided the jury with faulty testimony from a star witness.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate who was joined in his bid to have his conviction thrown out by the state's Republican attorney general.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
There are 57 inmates on death row in Louisiana, according to the Shreveport Times − a part of the USA TODAY Network.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
As of now, lethal injection is the primary execution method in Idaho as nine people are currently on death row in the state.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate who was joined in his bid to have his conviction thrown out by the state's Republican attorney general.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
There are 57 inmates on death row in Louisiana, according to the Shreveport Times − a part of the USA TODAY Network.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025
As of now, lethal injection is the primary execution method in Idaho as nine people are currently on death row in the state.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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