How to Use death row in a Sentence

death row

noun
  • Pike, 49, has spent most of her life on death row.
    — Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The death row inmate is not the victim.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Clemency grants are rare in death row cases.
    — CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • There are dozens of traffickers on death row.
    — CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • He had been held there on death row for nearly 10 years.
    — Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Hood blamed the conditions on death row for the deaths.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Williams was just 17 when he was sent to death row for murder.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Even the worst murderers on death row.
    — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
  • For years, the two men lived alongside each other on death row.
    — Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Jones left death row the following month.
    — Haley Bemiller, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Yarris was sentenced to death and remained on death row for over two decades.
    — Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
  • Wood had been on death row for a 2002 murder.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
  • That’s also where men on death row are housed, though in a separate tier.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Who’s left on Florida’s death row?
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
  • James Broadnax has been on death row since 2009.
    — Steve Pickett, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The actions took 167 people off death row.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Hall was one of nine prisoners on Idaho’s death row.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
  • There are 32 men and one woman still on death row in the Peach State.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 13 Dec. 2025
  • The number of people on death row is also shrinking.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Here's everything to know about the serial killer's demise on death row.
    — Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The lawyers defending death row inmates.
    — Alex Shams, Time, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Trotter, 65, has been on death row for nearly 40 years for the killing.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Lugo and Doorbal remain on death row.
    — Troy Roberts, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Travis Scott is among a group of rappers defending a man on death row in Texas.
    — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Those protections apply even to death row inmates.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Ryan pardoned four death row inmates, resulting in the release of three.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Robert Springsteen, who was convicted and spent years on death row, did not attend.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • In his nearly 30 years on death row, he has been ordained as a pastor and started a church.
    — Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Black had been on Tennessee's death row since 1989.
    — Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 22 Aug. 2025
  • California’s oldest prison once housed the largest death row in the nation.
    — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026

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