convicted defendant

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convicted
adjective
uk
/kənˈvɪk.tɪd/us
/kənˈvɪk.tɪd/
having officially been found guilty of a crime in a ...
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defendant
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈfen.dənt/us
/dɪˈfen.dənt/
a person in a law case who is accused of having done ...
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(Definition ofconvictedanddefendantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the second stage, the stage at which theconvicteddefendantreceives the sentencing "discount" for committing an attempted and not a completed crime, there are no epistemological shortcomings left.
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If aconvicteddefendantis imprisoned in the end, he is unlikely to have resources from which he can pay any contribution.
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It is open to eachconvicteddefendantto appeal against the sentence passed by the court if he or she is aggrieved by it.
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According to clause 18, aconvicteddefendantcan be ordered to pay "just and reasonable" costs.
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It is a taking away of choice from aconvicteddefendant.
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If aconvicteddefendantis imprisoned, he will have no income at all, or probably none, from which he can afford to pay any contribution.
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The case overturned a manslaughter conviction, ruling that theconvicteddefendanthad been protecting himself from the illegal use of force by a police officer.
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A royal pardon can not excuse the defendant from trial, but a pardon may reprieve aconvicteddefendant.
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This means that an accused defendant has the same rights as aconvicteddefendant.
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Diminished capacity was abolished as a defense to a charge, but courts allowed evidence of it when deciding whether to incarcerate, commit, or otherwise punish aconvicteddefendant.
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This standard, based on the principle of respect for state court judgments, is normally a difficult one for convicted defendants to meet.
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The cases under review have impacted many potential wrongful convictions, resulted in the review of thousands of cases, and given freedom to wrongfully convicted defendants.
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All those convicted defendants appealed.
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The convicted defendants received custodial sentences of up to four and half years and were disqualified from being company directors for periods up to 15 years.
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Melinda launched her own investigation and hired a private investigator who had assisted in the exonerations of numerous wrongfully convicted defendants.
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Ehrlich promised to evaluate each request for clemency on a case-by-case basis and was nationally recognized for his progressive approach that helped free wrongly convicted defendants.
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