Death Row Law and Legal Definition
Death row is a slang term for section of a prison in which prisoners are housed who are under death sentences and are awaiting appeals and/or potential execution.
A death penalty is the sentence of execution for murder and some other capital crimes (serious crimes, especially murder, which are punishable by death). The death penalty, or capital punishment, may be prescribed by Congress or any state legislature for murder and other capital crimes. The Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty is not a per se violation of the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Furthermore, the Sixth Amendment does not require a jury trial in capital crime cases.
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Related Legal Terms
- 107th Meridian Escrow Fund
- Accelerated Death Benefit
- Accidental Death
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment [Insurance]
- Accidental Death Benefit
- Accidental Death Clause
- American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators [ABMDI]
- Angel of Death Tax Break
- Annual Escrow Account Statement
- Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
