Words similar to death-row
Example sentences for: death-row
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Chatterbox is especially perplexed by Benetton's reluctance to investigate--even inquire about--the guilt or innocence of these death-row inmates.
An article on celebrated death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal condemns his admirers for ignoring the clear evidence of his guilt.
(To check out the abbreviated Web version of Benetton's death-row advertorial, click here.)
In fact, I even feel like a wimp for having to try to curry sympathy for death-row prisoners by pointing out the procedural irregularities in their cases; I oppose executing them even when they are monsters in human form, because, while I can easily understand why someone would want to kill the murderer of their near and dear, I can't at all understand why someone would want to give the state the power to kill them--even if it's not being abused in that exact case, it's going to be, and probably sooner rather than later, as the much-publicized racial statistics of the death penalty's application demonstrate.
… A week before his execution, a death-row inmate remembers his miserable life: "Been unhappy from the time I was born."