1. to impose a new or different sentence on (a convicted person)
Usage: legal

Examples

• The judge decided to resentence the defendant after reviewing new evidence.
• The appeals court ordered the lower court to resentence the convicted felon.
• Due to procedural errors, the court will resentence him next month.
• The prosecutor requested that the judge resentence the offender to a longer term.
• After the law changed, many inmates were resentenced to shorter prison terms.