death clerk

English

Noun

death clerk (plural death clerks)

  1. (US) A clerk responsible for coordinating executions.
    • 2012, David Garland, Peculiar Institution, page 45:
      By the 1980s, the Supreme Court had appointed a “death clerk” whose job it is to handle last-minute filings and coordinate with any local execution team about to carry out a sentence.
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