reconviction
Another guilty verdict
Reconviction is being convicted of a crime again after a previous conviction.
The term appears most often in criminal justice contexts discussing repeat offenders and recidivism: reconviction rates, risk of reconviction.
A reconviction may involve the same type of offense or an entirely different one.
Commit crime again
- relapseReturn to former illness
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- habitual offenderPersistent lawbreaker
- chronic offenderHabitual lawbreaker
repeat offender · criminal history · rearrest · reincarceration · parole violation · probation violation · recidivist · criminal record
Confinement in jail
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- probationSupervised trial period
- paroleConditional early release
- detentionTemporary official holding
confinement · custody · correctional facility · rehabilitation · penalty · sanction · prison · jail
Formal review request
- verdictOfficial court decision
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
prosecution · defense · evidence · sentence · plea · felony · misdemeanor · statute
reoffend
Commit crime again
- relapseReturn to former illness
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- habitual offenderPersistent lawbreaker
chronic offender · repeat offender · criminal history · rearrest · reincarceration · parole violation · probation violation · recidivist · criminal record
incarceration
Confinement in jail
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- probationSupervised trial period
- paroleConditional early release
detention · confinement · custody · correctional facility · rehabilitation · penalty · sanction · prison · jail · reform
appeal
Formal review request
indictment · prosecution · defense · evidence · sentence · plea · felony · misdemeanor · statute · guilty verdict
- recidivismrecidivist, reoffending, repeat offender, repeat offense, rearrest
reconvictionfirst offense
Maiden lawbreaking instance
clean record · acquittal · exoneration · first-time offender · dismissal
reconvictionacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
exoneration · dismissal · not guilty verdict · clearance · vindication
victim, conviction, convince, convict, evict, invincible, convicted, evince, convicts