re-sentencing
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Definition
- Noun:
- (Law) The reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law: The formal act of a court imposing a new, less severe sentence on a person who has already been convicted of a crime.
Usage
- The term "re-sentencing" is used exclusively in legal contexts. It refers to the judicial procedure where a judge reconsiders and alters an original criminal sentence, almost always to make it less harsh. It is not used for the initial sentencing or for increasing a sentence.
Examples
- Noun:
- The defendant's successful appeal led to a re-sentencing hearing next month.
- The judge granted re-sentencing based on new evidence regarding the defendant's rehabilitation.
- Changes in the law made many prisoners eligible for re-sentencing.
Advanced Usage
- "To be eligible for re-sentencing": To meet the legal criteria required for a court to reconsider one's sentence.
- Inmates who were juveniles at the time of their crime are now eligible for re-sentencing.
- "Re-sentencing hearing": The specific court proceeding where a judge reviews the case to decide on a new sentence.
- The victim's family attended the re-sentencing hearing.
Variants and Related Words
- Resentence (verb): To impose a new sentence on a convicted person.
- The court decided to resentence the offender to time served.
- Sentencing (noun): The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence upon a convicted person. (This is the original act, not the reduction).
- Sentence reduction (noun phrase): A general term for the result of re-sentencing.
Synonyms
- Sentence modification (specifically when resulting in a lesser penalty)
- Sentence reduction
- Commutation (can be similar, but often refers to a executive/pardoning power, not a judicial re-sentencing)
Antonyms
- Sentencing (the initial imposition of punishment)
- Appeal denied (when a request for re-sentencing is rejected)
Noun
- (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law