death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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Miller was one of at least four death row prisoners in the state whose lethal injections were botched or halted over the last four years.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 May 2024
Many of the people that San Diego County sent to death row are no longer sitting on actual death row.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 May 2024
Many of the people that San Diego County sent to death row are no longer sitting on actual death row.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
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“Death row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20row. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
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