reconvicts
Sends back inside
Reconvicts is the third-person singular of reconvict, meaning to convict again of a crime after a previous conviction or acquittal.
The term appears in legal contexts discussing repeat offenders or retrials: The state reconvicts fewer than half of those whose convictions were overturned on appeal.
As a noun, reconvicts would be people convicted a second time.
Person repeatedly convicted
- reoffendCommit crime again
- relapseReturn to former illness
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- habitual criminalPersistent repeat offender
chronic offender · recurrence · revolving door · unreformed · parole violation · three strikes · career criminal · reincarceration
Return to custody
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
correctional facility · detention · confinement · probation violation · lockup · custody · cellblock · hard labor
Fresh court proceeding
- new trialRehearing of a case
- appealFormal review request
- resentencingNew determination of punishment
- verdictOfficial court decision
prosecution · jury · evidence · testimony · adjudication · hearing · indictment · guilty plea
Organization overturning unjust convictions
- miscarriage of justiceLegal system punishing the innocent
- false confessionUntrue guilt statement
- tainted evidenceLegally compromised courtroom materials
- prosecutorial misconductImproper actions by state attorneys
repeat offender
Person repeatedly convicted
habitual criminal · chronic offender · recurrence · revolving door · unreformed · parole violation · three strikes · career criminal · reincarceration
reincarceration
Return to custody
- prisonConfinement for offenders
- penitentiaryFacility for convicted criminals
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
incarceration · correctional facility · detention · confinement · probation violation · lockup · custody · cellblock · hard labor · time served
retrial
Fresh court proceeding
- new trialRehearing of a case
- appealFormal review request
- resentencingNew determination of punishment
verdict · prosecution · jury · evidence · testimony · adjudication · hearing · indictment · guilty plea · criminal proceedings
innocence project
Organization overturning unjust convictions
- miscarriage of justiceLegal system punishing the innocent
- false confessionUntrue guilt statement
- tainted evidenceLegally compromised courtroom materials
reconvictsacquits
Declares legally innocent
exonerates · clears · absolves · vindicates · discharges
reconvictsoverturns
Invalidates or topples
reverses · vacates · exculpates · sets aside · quashes