retrial
noun
re·tri·al
(ˌ)rē-ˈtrī(-ə)l 
: a second trial, experiment, or test
specifically
: a second judicial trial
Examples of retrial in a Sentence
His case is coming up for retrial.
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Expand All In Florida, rapper YNW Melly’s double murder retrial looms in 2024.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
The court denied their request, arguing that Jeremy Scott's fingerprints alone would not likely have led to an acquittal on retrial, and ruled there were no issues with the trial evidence that would have led to Leo's exoneration.
—Alex Berenfeld, ABC News, 7 June 2024
After the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2023 that Knox’s interrogation violated her rights, Italy’s supreme court ordered a retrial on the slander conviction, which ended in another conviction on June 5, 2024.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
The story claimed Sheindlin was advocating for a retrial for Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their parents in their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
The court denied their request, arguing that Jeremy Scott's fingerprints alone would not likely have led to an acquittal on retrial, and ruled there were no issues with the trial evidence that would have led to Leo's exoneration.
—Alex Berenfeld, ABC News, 7 June 2024
After the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2023 that Knox’s interrogation violated her rights, Italy’s supreme court ordered a retrial on the slander conviction, which ended in another conviction on June 5, 2024.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
The story claimed Sheindlin was advocating for a retrial for Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their parents in their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024
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retrial
noun
re·tri·al
(ˈ)rē-ˈtrī(-ə)l
: a second trial, experiment, or test
Legal Definition
retrial
noun
re·tri·al
ˌrē-ˈtrī-əl, ˈrē-ˌtrī-
: a trial of a matter already tried
Note: A retrial is barred by double jeopardy following a mistrial for which there was no manifest necessity.
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