Help breaking down this sentence

Japanese Language Grammar
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あなたのケースでは、既決囚救済制度が適用される可能性もなきにしもあらずだと思います。

I think that applying for post-conviction relief may be a possibility in your case.

Here’s what I think I have:

あなたのケースでは = in your case

既決囚救済 = post-conviction relief

制度が適用される = system can be applied

可能性 = possiblity

と思います。= I think

にしもあらずだ = ???

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ず is a negative ending. にしもあらず means “not necessarily.”

So なきにしもあらず is a double negative.

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Still struggling. Do you think you could try a literal translation of the sentence?

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If we go literal, it’s going to be weird, but

I think that it’s not that you can’t use the post-conviction relief system in your case.

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Thanks. I appreciate it. I actually thought that it might be weirder.

Could I insert the “not necessarily” like this?

I think that it’s not that you can’t necessarily use the post-conviction relief system in your case.

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