Sentence examples for Appeal for leniency from inspiring English sources

Though Mr. Torricelli in the end voted against the nomination, many of his colleagues interpreted his actions as an appeal for leniency from the Bush administration.

He turned decisively against his old friend Bashar al-Assad when the latter rejected Erdoğan's appeal for leniency towards the Syrians who began protesting against the dictator in the spring of 2011.

Mehlman's appeal for leniency on the charge that he is a cynical hypocrite who ran (and got rich from) anti-gay campaigns is based, in large part, on his current support for same-sex marriage.

B1 Behind Rowland's Plea Lawyers involved in the case of John G. Rowland, the former Connecticut governor, say that last month's plea agreement shrewdly positioned him to appeal for leniency at his sentencing on March 11 and halted a criminal investigation.

At his trial last December Keach told a judge he had been addicted to cocaine since January of last year, using the drug "as a means of trying to alleviate exhaustion". The judge turned down his appeal for leniency and sentenced Keach to nine months in prison.

But Aslam's unexpectedly florid writing, as in the following passages, often makes reading this novel painful: "The grandson of a watchsmith, he appeals for leniency from the god who decrees the point of no return.

At his sentencing yesterday in Onondaga County Court in Syracuse, Mr. Jamelske wept as he appealed for leniency, saying, "I'm sorry for what I did and how it affected everyone," according to The Associated Press.

Other international musicians including Sting and the Red Hot Chili Peppers have appealed for leniency.

In letters to the court, members of Jackson's family appealed for leniency, with his father saying: "Jesse Jr is an example as a teacher and counsellor who will be better served under supervision and probation". Jackson resigned from the House of Representatives last November, months after his diagnosis with bipolar disorder.

Maxim Gorky and others appealed for leniency, but by the time Lenin agreed to several pardons, the condemned had been shot.

Despite his desperate appeals for leniency, Cohen was sentenced to three years in December after pleading guilty to multiple counts of financial fraud and one count of lying to Congress.