death row
nounDefinition of death row
: a prison area housing inmates sentenced to death
—usually used with on prisoners waiting on death row
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North Carolina's highest court is to hear from six death row inmates who say a repealed law on race and capital punishment should still let them be resentenced life without parole. — CBS News, "North Carolina death row prisoners to argue sentences tainted by race," 26 Aug. 2019 Fifty-one Alabama death row inmates opted for nitrogen hypoxia before last year’s deadline, the Associated Press reported last year. — Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, "Mistake forces state to call off plans to execute triple-murderer," 15 Aug. 2019 Her voice, in all its forms, has become the liberal conscience on a conservative court, one that speaks out in defense of minorities, immigrants, criminal defendants and death row inmates. — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, "'The People's Justice:' After decade on Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor is most outspoken on bench and off," 8 Aug. 2019 Related Articles The five-justice conservative majority, which includes Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s two high court picks, has complained about delaying tactics employed by lawyers for death row inmates. — Colleen Long, Twin Cities, "US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003," 26 July 2019 The Justice Department’s decision this week to resume executions for the first time since 2003 has implications for two death row inmates with connections to Illinois, the Tribune reports. — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, "The Spin: Russian hackers tapped into an Illinois election database in 2016, but the concern is how the information might be used in 2020, according to a new U.S. Senate Intelligence report.," 25 July 2019 The five-justice conservative majority that includes Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's two high court picks, has complained about delaying tactics employed by lawyers for death row inmates. — Anchorage Daily News, "US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003," 25 July 2019 After a 16-year pause, the federal government will resume executing death row inmates, attorney general William Barr announced in a news release Thursday (July 25). — Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz, "The federal government schedules 5 executions after bringing back the death penalty," 25 July 2019 What Stevenson has done is mount a tireless campaign to, among other things, provide legal services to death row inmates, guilty or not. — Kenneth Turan, latimes.com, "Review: ‘True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight For Equality’ focuses on ideals," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'death row.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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