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death row  

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  • Death row, often a separate unit within a prison, houses individuals who have been sentenced to death for commission of a capital crime. As of 2011, 3,279 inmates were on death row in the United States. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Death Row]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QR7TCZS6-4

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