Sentence examples for as lenient from inspiring English sources

As an "employer" the House of Lords is about as lenient as they come.

Without a national law regulating drugs in racing, New Mexico regulators can be as lenient as they wish in disciplining drug violators.

A Federal judge, saying he was being as lenient as he could be, sentenced former Representative Robert Garcia and his wife to three years in prison.

It could be as lenient as putting a disciplinary letter in her personnel file, or as severe as ordering that she be defrocked or even excommunicated.

"I have imposed on you a sentence which I believe is as lenient as a sense of fairness and proportionality as the discharge of my responsibility permits," the judge said.

Ivan Kaufman, chief executive of Arbor Commercial Mortgage, a Long Island-based firm that was named as a victim in the 2008 indictment, wrote in October that while his company was "vigorously seeking repayment of the Arbor loan through a foreclosure action and related court proceedings," he asked the judge to "be as lenient as you may see fit" in Mr. Hochfelder's sentencing.

But two of the governor's Republican challengers also denounced the deal, as too lenient.

Prosecutors had appealed the original sentence for Mr. Tarallo, 77, as too lenient.

Champion's parents, Pamela and Robert Champion Sr., who live in the Atlanta area, said they were encouraged by the new charges, having criticized the previous ones as too lenient.

But these two appeals court decisions have largely squelched that position, making it clear that judges can be as tough – or lenient – as they see fit, so long as the particular sentence is justifiable under the circumstances.

Several current council members described the 1999 law as too lenient and derided it as little more than a "landlord protection act".