death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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Hinton was convicted of two counts of capital murder in 1986 and spent 28 years on death row before the U.S. Supreme Court vacated his conviction in 2014.
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Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 6 Dec. 2024
She had been put on death row by a Ho Chi Minh City court in April for embezzling more than $12 billion – an amount equivalent to roughly 3% of Vietnam’s entire economy.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
And groups that have long been calling for death row pardons, like the Prison Policy Initiative, are piling on in the wake of the Hunter Biden move.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
Kitchens has a history of siding with defendants in controversial cases, including death row appeals.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 6 Dec. 2024
She had been put on death row by a Ho Chi Minh City court in April for embezzling more than $12 billion – an amount equivalent to roughly 3% of Vietnam’s entire economy.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
And groups that have long been calling for death row pardons, like the Prison Policy Initiative, are piling on in the wake of the Hunter Biden move.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
Kitchens has a history of siding with defendants in controversial cases, including death row appeals.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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