reconviction

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ conviction.

Noun

reconviction (countable and uncountable, plural reconvictions)

1. (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.