Sentence examples for a plea for leniency. from inspiring English sources

It was a plea for leniency.

Mr. Leal's court-appointed lawyer failed to investigate or challenge questionable evidence, and he did not present information about Mr. Leal's background that might have supported a plea for leniency.

In a plea for leniency to the Chinese Judo Association, she said she "went for barbeque with some friends in the informal restaurant nearby my home in a few weekends before attending the Rotterdam World Championships.

During his disciplinary hearing, he made a plea for leniency, using the writer's mother's death as an excuse and thereby exposing the extent of their relationship to the outside world.

A Federal judge today rejected a plea for leniency for Michael J. Fortier, who testified against the men convicted in the Oklahoma City bombing after failing to warn the authorities of the plot.

During a sentencing hearing on Jan . 17 Mr. Giacchetto submitted a plea for leniency to Judge Robert P. Patterson Jr. of Federal District Court in Manhattan in the form of a handwritten 10-page poem titled "Pontifex Vivam".

Mr. Martinez's friends and family packed the courtroom, at some points sobbing as he made a final plea for leniency.

In a closing plea for leniency, Mr. Hernández described the trial held in South Florida as "eminently political".

In the main we seemed to be hearing a desperate plea for leniency from one not accustomed to speak in such terms, but at times the tone seemed to change suddenly, and the count became accusative, protesting that not Germany alone was guilty.

At Wednesday's sentencing, Carpenter made a tearful plea for leniency, reminding the judge that the crime was not premeditated and arguing that 17 years in prison would amount to a life-sentence for Wafer, whose health is failing.

Andrew J. Stein, a former president of the City Council and a fixture in New York politics for a quarter-century, was sentenced on Tuesday to three years' probation for tax evasion, dodging a prison sentence after delivering an emotional plea for leniency.