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resentence

  • a word derived from sentence.
    sentence
    noun
    a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.

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In 2014, the state agreed to resentence DeBruce, the actual shooter, to life without parole.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

Since then, California law has generally moved away from prosecuting children as adults in many cases and has created new avenues to resentence offenders who were tried in adult court as juveniles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026

But the judge agreed to resentence the brothers, saying they had "done enough in the past 35 years that they should get that chance".

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025

After the judge agreed to resentence them, the brothers delivered an emotional statement to the court.

From BBC ● May 13, 2025

We got things resolved so that the Court could grant our motion and resentence Mr. Caston so that he would immediately be released from prison.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson