Sentence examples for excuse for leniency from inspiring English sources

A three-match ban would theoretically allow him to play in the final, but there seems to be no excuse for leniency.

As in the Stanford rape case of Brock Turner, a victim has to face a system that shows greater compassion and concern for the perpetrator of a sex crime, using alcohol as both the damning evidence reasoning her attack and the excuse for leniency against her attacker.

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.

It was a plea for leniency.

He asked for leniency, vowing to change.

I'm not asking for leniency".

He pleaded for leniency and eventually was granted his wish.

| Rajat K. Gupta fights for leniency after insider-trading conviction.

Now, they have much less scope for leniency.

Some came to the sentencing hearing to plead for leniency.

He had earlier written to Judge Patterson, asking for leniency.