reconviction
English edit
Etymology edit
re- + conviction
Noun edit
reconviction (countable and uncountable, plural reconvictions)
- (law) Conviction again or anew.
- 2007 June 3, Ralph Blumenthal, “For Dallas, New Prosecutor Means an End to the Old Ways”, in New York Times[1]:
- Only Illinois and New York, besides Texas, have had more convictions overturned by genetic testing than Dallas County, a fact attributable in part to evidence retained to assure reconviction in the event of a successful appeal.