Alex Balaroutsos, 29, of Bayside, Queens, who frequently has to stop his van in the bus lanes for appointments, said he would rather take his chances parking where a police officer was around; an officer may exercise leniency that a camera cannot.
In addition, judges appointed by a Democratic President were 2.2percentnt more likely to exercise leniency.
"We consider giving you a chance to help us exercise leniency.
But the government could take other steps, such as moving some of the 700 ETA prisoners in Spanish and French prisons closer to the Basque country, or exercising leniency on day- and early-release programmes.
In a more extreme case of book borrowing delinquency, an Australian library exercised leniency after a first-edition copy of Charles Darwin's "Insectivorous Plants" was returned 122 years late.
Given the courts' leniency towards police, predicating drone use on a warrant requirement would provide little to no protection.
Others, with reason, fear that any leniency towards illegal immigration will simply cause it to increase.
Asha Malhotra, a reader, wrote from New York: "The courts should show no leniency towards this doctor couple".
Not, though, from the IMF, whose staff reversed their earlier leniency towards the country.
It could also stand for their legal system's traditional leniency towards politicians accused of corruption.
The House is more complicated: its Republican majority includes many fierce opponents of any leniency towards illegal immigrants.
