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See also: post-conviction

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Etymology

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From post- +‎ conviction.

Adjective

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postconviction (not comparable)

  1. Occurring after a judicial conviction.
    • 2008 February 21, Linda Greenhouse, “Justices Rule on Retroactivity of Decisions”, in New York Times[1]:
      The question for the court in this case was whether state courts, in considering postconviction appeals from criminal defendants, are bound by the same rule of nonretroactivity.

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