Sentence examples for a lenient from inspiring English sources

The ref takes a lenient view.

In Marylebone they take a lenient view of sleepers.

It came after Mr. Gupta's lawyer, Gary P. Naftalis, made a plea for a lenient sentence.

Scaring then stood up to argue for a lenient sentence for Borukhova.

The defense memo used Mr. Rajaratnam's health problems in asking for a lenient sentence.

"Courts usually take a lenient view if confessional statements are made".

Ministers have raised questions about the law's implications and pressed for a lenient approach".

They urged Judge Jed. S. Rakoff to hand down a lenient sentence.

"I would be very wary of extrapolating from that, that this is a lenient sentencing judge.

You might expect antitrust regulators to take a lenient view of tobacco-market concentration.

After a lenient judge was assigned to the case, the Samandal editors were cautiously optimistic.