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What does the phrase “dead man walking” mean?
What does the phrase “dead man walking” mean?
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This is something that the prison guards call out to clear the way when they are taking a prisoner on death row to his execution.
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Before 1940 and the 1970’s in the south, the phrase dead man walking was used by correctional officers to let those in the hallways of the prisons to move to the side and allow the condemned person to pass. This phrase was looked upon as cruel and unusual and therefore “outlawed” by the civil rights activists. The condemned have more rights aas they are walking to the death chamber than law abiding citizens.
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Its shouted by prision guards as a death row inmate is led to his execution … it just means that they are about to die. My husband says he’sa dead man walking when he has been out without me and has to come home really pissed.
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the man whom is walking is going to be dead soon. In another words, a man that is walking to his graves( to his death).
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There’s a movie by that name…Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon; maybe you could pick it up somewhere and watch it and get the real deal.
It’s a prison term for people on death row who are taking their last trip down the hallway.
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thats the literal meaning…about the prisons
basically if someone is in trouble and they’re about to get caught/punished, this phrase would apply
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It usually means a death row prisoner walking to his execution, but it can also mean an employee who is about to get fired.
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“Dead Man Walking”… a person sententenced on death row. he has no future in life…ergo he is a dead man wallking :0)
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That’s what Hillary says to Bill when she catches him fooling around.
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