History Main / DeathRow

-->-- The '''Zoni''' telling Clank about Talwyn's capture, ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction''

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** ''As she kissed his forehead when the morning had dawned -- He said softly to her, "I'll see you beyond"''

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* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'', [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne]], on death row for murder, manages to meet up with her mother, who's being held as an accomplice to another murder, to hatch a plan [[spoiler:for Dahlia's spirit to be channeled after her execution, as part of a revenge plot against the main branch of the Fey family]]. It turns out that [[spoiler:Godot]] was listening in on the meeting, resulting in [[spoiler:his launching a plan to thwart the plot that, while well-intentioned, is tainted by his distrust of Phoenix and desire to redeem himself, which saves Maya at the cost of her mother Misty's life]].
** In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'', Simon Blackquill is a death row inmate who also serves as a prosecutor. [[spoiler:The final trial takes place the day before his execution, and you need to clear his name before finding the true culprit behind the murder he was convicted of]].

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* Used on ''GoAnimate'' as the bad guy gets the death penalty for a punishment.

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* Tourque in TheSuffering is on death row for killing his family. Whether he's innocent or guilty depends on how the player chooses to act. If the player deliberately makes evil decisions Torque is guilty; if it's neutral it was an accident combined with his son killing himself and his brother. If it's good, Torque was indeed framed for the murder by assassins working for a crime lord called "The Colonel"

Not to be confused with the record label that was home to Music/DrDre, Music/SnoopDogg and [[Music/TupacShakur 2Pac]].

Not to be confused with the record label that was home to Dr. Dre, Music/SnoopDogg and [[Music/TupacShakur 2Pac]].

* ''Film/TheLifeOfDavidGale'' - Texas claims it has never executed an innocent person. Will David Gale be the first?

-->--The '''Zoni''', telling Clank about Talwyn's capture - ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction''

-->--The '''Zoni''', telling [[TheLancer Clank]] about Talwyn's capture - ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction''

* ''Film/IWantToLive'' - Probably one of Susan Hayward's finest roles, certainly the one for which she won an Academy Award as best actress.

* ''[[Series/AfterschoolSpecial CBS Schoolbreak Special]]'': The installment "Dead Wrong: The John Evans Story," is the true story of a convicted murderer who was executed in 1983 for his crimes. Evans agreed to share his story for the TV special as a cautionary tale, urging teen-agers to make good decisions, make the right friends and stay away from drugs. The interview is wrapped around a re-creation of Evans' crimes, which begin with him as a juvenile and progressively grow worse until a 1977 crime spree that culminated in the slaying of a pawn shop owner in Alabama (a young Nicole Eggert plays one of the businessman's daughters, who witnesses the crime). A re-creation of Evans' execution in the closing moments of the special provides a chilling end to re-inforce the message; the real Evans was put to death days after he gave the interview.

Not to be confused with the record label that was home to Dr. Dre, Music/SnoopDogg and [[TupacShakur 2Pac]].

* Linc in ''Series/PrisonBreak'' is on Death Row.

* One of the levels of ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'' puts Duke in the electric chair (or rather an incredibly ineffectual one), and he has to escape to stop the aliens.

* "Hallowed Be Thy Name" by IronMaiden is from the point of view of a prisoner on death row trying to come to terms with his imminent demise. True to trope, the Priest does make an appearance.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone'': Dennis Weaver is on death row, and he's trying to convince everyone it's AllJustADream.
* A two-part ''LaverneAndShirley'' episode has Laverne somehow being mistaken for a wanted murderer and placed on death row. It probably goes without saying that this is one of the sillier applications of the trope.

* ''IWantToLive'' - Probably one of Susan Hayward's finest roles, certainly the one for which she won an Academy Award as best actress.
* ''TheLifeOfDavidGale'' - Texas claims it has never executed an innocent person. Will David Gale be the first?

** In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS10E14TheExecutionersSong "The Executioner's Song" (S10, E14)]], Sam and Dean travel to West, Livingston, Texas, to investigate the disappearance of a serial killer from his locked cell on death row.

* In ''[[{{Manga/KingdomHeartsII}} Kingdom Hearts II]]'', Sora and his friends are placed in a Pit Cell in [[{{Film/Tron}} Space Paranoids]] after they meddled with the computer against [[{{FinalFantasyVIII}} Leon]]'s warnings (with help from [[{{Disney/LiloAndStitch}} a fluffy blue alien]]). In the manga, the trio are outright confirmed by Tron himself that they have been sentenced to death as per the MCP's desire to prove that programs are superior to the users. This is never stated in the game, but it's implied, considering that they are later placed on a DeathCourse.

-->--The '''Zoni''', telling [[{{TheLancer}} Clank]] about Talwyn's capture - ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction''

Not to be confused with the record label that was home to Dr. Dre, SnoopDogg and [[TupacShakur 2Pac]].

* "Gotta Get a Message to You" by the BeeGees (from back in TheSixties, before they got into disco) is about a man who is on death row for murdering his wife's lover. Even though she cheated on him, he still loves her, and wants to say goodbye to her.