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retrial n. a new trial granted upon the motion of the losing party, based on obvious error, bias or newly-discovered evidence. (See: newly-discovered evidence) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Those hopes were dashed in mid March, however, when the judge overseeing the retrials not only rubber-stamped the security court decision--finding the same 21 men guilty--but also handed down even tougher jail terms: The judge imposed the maximum three-year sentence on all 21 defendants. The recent arrests and coming retrials for the 1963 murders of the four little girls in a Birmingham church bear witness to this. This inflamed the Lawrences' sense of injustice and led many to argue that retrials should be allowed. |
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