Sentence examples for for leniency with from inspiring English sources

Roger Goodell, the N.F.L. commissioner, has always styled himself a stern parent of wayward boys, but he nonetheless found cause, at first, for leniency with Rice, in the form of a two-game suspension.

But the current governor, Rick Scott, is a Republican not known for leniency with prisoners, even a model prisoner convicted of crimes less grave and violent than the brutal one he brought to light.

Appearing in prison clothing with manacles around his hands and attached to his waist, Mr. Slatkin asked the court for leniency, with his lawyers saying that he had been under psychological pressure.

They were annoyed by the news that Paris used diplomatic pressure to have the case overturned, sending Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine in early June to argue for leniency with Secretary of State Colin L. Powell.

Typically, the stings initially target suspects for pure speech — comments to an informer outside a mosque, angry postings on Web sites, e-mails with radicals overseas — then woo them into relationships with informers, who are often convicted felons working in exchange for leniency, or with F.B.I. agents posing as members of Al Qaeda or other groups.

Considering Marvel's not exactly known for creative leniency with its directors (especially following Edgar Wright's highly publicised departure from Ant-Man), it's sort of unlikely this is much beyond a carefully controlled, extremely deliberate move by the studio to further drum up hype for the ultra-violent flick.

He said he hoped a bargain could be struck with her, for leniency in return for the other prints.

The witness pleaded guilty to unspecified federal charges in the Southern District of New York on March 11 in a deal with prosecutors for leniency.

Federal immigration law allows people who have been lawful permanent residents for at least five years and have lived continuously in the United States for at least seven years to ask the government for leniency if they are threatened with deportation.

Although Mr. Silvester could have faced as many as 40 years in prison, both the defense and prosecution argued for leniency, because he had cooperated with federal prosecutors and testified in two high-profile cases involving public corruption.

A "no-release" policy was introduced last July that has seen more than 2,500 women and children held for long stretches at three family detention centers Last month the mothers currently being detained at Berks wrote a joint letter to the immigration authorities pleading with them for leniency.