Definition of "presentencing" []

• Occurring before sentencing. (adjective)

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• "Judge Tucker ordered a presentencing investigation and said Ms. LaRose could receive a maximum penalty of life in prison and a $1 million fine, five years of supervised release and $400 in special assessments — although she wouldn't necess arily receive the maximum sentence."
• "The 63-year-old Amelia man was released on bond until a presentencing investigation is completed."
• "In a presentencing memo justifying a sentence of hundreds of years for Phillip Garrido, District Attorney Vern Pierson said that Dugard spent the first one-and-a-half years after her kidnapping locked in a backyard shed."