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condemned cell

noun

  1. a prison cell in which a person condemned to death awaits execution
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The hangman and his assistants arrived promptly at the condemned cell of London's Holloway Prison on what was an icy Tuesday morning.

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"The governor enters the condemned cell with the executioner at 08:58. The execution takes place at 09:00, with the medical officer's inspection of Teed at 09:02 and the burial at 12:05."

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Two years after the date of that Amnesty letter, my grandfather died in a condemned cell in political detention.

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This was the condemned cell and these were his last hours.

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The paper notes Dutchman Dylan Snel and Canadian Lindsey Petersen had spent a "terrifying" night in the condemned cell of Sabah's prison, because the usual holding pens were full.

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