| 单词 | death row |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath row death row n. (also with capital initials) U.S. a prison section or block for those sentenced to death. on death row: in such a prison block; awaiting execution under a death sentence. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > cell > for those condemned to death condemned cell1818 salt-box1819 death cell1825 Murderers' Row1871 death row1894 1894 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 12 Mar. 3 (heading) Thomas Jordan, who occupies a cell in the death row at Canon City Penitentiary. 1902 Salt Lake Tribune 23 June Six men now occupy cells in ‘death row’ at the [Utah] penitentiary. 1954 Jet 21 Oct. 30 Living with the living dead on Death Row. 1967 M. Braly On the Yard (1968) iv. 58 Condemned row, almost always called death row except in official documents, is buried deep in the center of the north block. 2005 D. R. Dow (title) Executed on a technicality: lethal injustice on America's death row. < as lemmas |
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