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⚖️ To punish again ⚖️ A new punishment ✍️ To rewrite
to resentence

to resentence

1 7.6
To give someone a new punishment in court
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈsɛn.təns/
  • Specialized
translation icon : re-sentenciar
  • The court required the convict to be resentenced after the ruling on mandatory minimums.
  • the judge must resentence
  • resentenced to life
  • resentenced to death

They end up saying they end up he gets resentenced.

Examples

  • The same judge who resentenced him to life yesterday has now set a hearing for next year.

  • Lovelace is sentenced to death for the murder of a suspected informant, but because of court rulings, is later resentenced to life without parole.

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  • In addition, some offenders with two prior serious or violent felony convictions who are currently serving life sentences for many non-serious, non-violent felony convictions could be resentenced to shorter prison terms.

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  • The judge decided to resentence the offender following the new evidence presented in court.

  • After the appeal, the defendant was resentenced to a lesser term for his crime.

Antonyms

to acquit
28 7.4

To say in court that someone is not guilty

Surface Forms

resentence infinitive
resentenced past
resentenced past participle
resentencing present participle
resentences third person singular

Morphology

resentence = sentence (transparent) = re + sentence

This is a standard and easily interpretable re- formation meaning 'sentence again' in the legal sense.

Etymology

The verb resentence uses re- 'again' and sentence 'judgment' or 'punishment', so to resentence someone is to give them a 'judgment again', that is, a new legal punishment.