Definition of "re-sentencing" [re-sentencing]

• (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "• Poor Conrad Black, hounded by the courts; he awaits re-sentencing in June after supreme court rulings in his favour but still he carries the burden of exposure for fraud."
• "This spring, he dissented alone when the court threw out a harsh re-sentencing order for an Iowa drug dealer who earlier had won leniency, entered rehabilitation and turned his life around."
• "The court sent the case back to the district court for re-sentencing, saying, "These constitutional violations were not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.""