death row
noun
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on
prisoners waiting on death row
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Oklahoma governor spares life of death row inmate Julius Jones 02:09
Oklahoma agreed to pause executions as investigations into what went wrong got underway.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
Oklahoma is scheduled to execute a death row inmate convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago.
—Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
Overall, nearly 70% of death row inmates are people of color.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
About 60 people are on death row in Louisiana, but the state has not put anyone to death since 2010, last using lethal injection.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
Miller, 59, has been on death row since 2000 after he was convicted of killing three people during two 1999 workplace shootings in suburban Birmingham, according to Marshall's office.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
The state has 35 men and one woman on death row, according to its corrections department.
—Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
An additional 70 people on death row have been moved from the legendary men’s facility in Marin County over the last month, CDCR said.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
For more than 30 years, Stevenson and his team have provided legal services to people on death row, to date helping overturn more than 140 convictions and sentences.
—Mark Whitaker, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2024
Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
Oklahoma is scheduled to execute a death row inmate convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago.
—Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
Overall, nearly 70% of death row inmates are people of color.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
About 60 people are on death row in Louisiana, but the state has not put anyone to death since 2010, last using lethal injection.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
Miller, 59, has been on death row since 2000 after he was convicted of killing three people during two 1999 workplace shootings in suburban Birmingham, according to Marshall's office.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
The state has 35 men and one woman on death row, according to its corrections department.
—Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
An additional 70 people on death row have been moved from the legendary men’s facility in Marin County over the last month, CDCR said.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
For more than 30 years, Stevenson and his team have provided legal services to people on death row, to date helping overturn more than 140 convictions and sentences.
—Mark Whitaker, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2024
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