Sentence examples for for lenient from inspiring English sources

Criminals will lie in exchange for lenient treatment.

The psychiatrist depicts Mr. Arbabsiar as being open about his responsibility and his interest in being considered for lenient treatment.

In criminal cases where coöperation is a possibility, a defendant's attorney goes to prosecutors with a "proffer," explaining what the client might offer in exchange for lenient treatment.

Nearly 50 letters attesting to his civic works and asking for lenient sentencing were submitted, many of them by local Chinese leaders and organizations.

In the late 20th century, several European countries had special provisions in their criminal codes for lenient sentencing and the consideration of extenuating circumstances in prosecutions for euthanasia.

As the Australian representative to the British War Cabinet from 1942 to 1945, he opposed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in arguing for lenient postwar treatment of Germany.

Scaring then stood up to argue for a lenient sentence for Borukhova.

The pro-consumer side, arguing for more lenient terms for Americans who go broke, often had a one-vote majority on the panel.

As early as the Sui dynasty (581 618 ce), codified Chinese law provided for more lenient penalties for those who confessed truthfully and voluntarily.

Because the average coverage depth is so high (82.72×), we opted for a lenient criteria for consensus identification in an effort to reduce false negative mutation calls by analyzing as many sites for putative mutations as possible.

Facing life imprisonment on murder and racketeering charges, Anthony Salvatore Casso agreed in 1994 to become a turncoat witness for the government in exchange for a lenient sentence.