death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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Two days before Christmas, Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row — drawing praise from criminal justice groups, but outrage from Republicans and some victims' families.
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Zachary Basu, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
More than 170 inmates on death row were flown from Congo’s capital to a high-security prison in the north where they will be executed, Congolese authorities said.
—Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Biden pledged to end the death penalty during his presidential campaign and had been under pressure from progressive lawmakers and criminal justice activists to commute the sentences of federal death row inmates, before Donald Trump takes office.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
California For Subscribers Three dead girls and a man on death row.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Zachary Basu, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
More than 170 inmates on death row were flown from Congo’s capital to a high-security prison in the north where they will be executed, Congolese authorities said.
—Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Biden pledged to end the death penalty during his presidential campaign and had been under pressure from progressive lawmakers and criminal justice activists to commute the sentences of federal death row inmates, before Donald Trump takes office.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
California For Subscribers Three dead girls and a man on death row.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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