👉 Attainder is a legal concept in criminal law, which refers to the punishment imposed upon someone convicted of a crime. The term "attainder" comes from Latin and means "to reach the end." It is an act of justice that occurs when a person has been convicted of a crime but has not been executed for it. In this case, the person may be sentenced to death or have their life sentence commuted. The act of attaining the punishment of death is called attaining