death row
noun
a row of prison cells for prisoners awaiting execution.
death rows
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pluralof death row.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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While all the prisoners currently on death rows across the US have been convicted of murder, each US state has their own rules about capital punishment, who can get the death penalty and why.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2022
And today, 82 percent of those on this nation’s death rows were convicted in cases involving white victims.
From Slate ● May 11, 2022
California, which last carried out an execution in 2006, is one of 28 states that maintain death rows, along with the U.S. government, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
And this year, there are more than 2,600 inmates on state death rows.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2020
That doesn’t include mass clemencies in states - such as New Jersey in 2007 - where the death penalty was abolished and entire death rows were emptied.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2018
