Sentence examples for for more lenient from inspiring English sources

Most of the others appealed against their life prison sentences, hoping for more lenient ones.

Juries are seemingly wary of employees who testify against bosses in return for more lenient sentences.

She had just turned 16, but gave her age as 15, hoping for more lenient treatment.

Many, including President Obama, have called for more lenient treatment of "nonviolent drug offenders".

Politicians were panned and polls show support fell for more lenient immigration laws.

Such deals involve promises to cooperate with an investigation in exchange for more lenient sentences.

In other cities, enthusiasts are lobbying for more-lenient regulations.

All they can do is campaign for regulatory relief - for ITV, more lenient programming obligations and for the press publishers, reduced ownership restrictions - and cut costs.

An effective consumer agency would cover banks and nonbanks -- ensuring that banks can't "shop" for a more lenient regulator for consumer oversight, and that nonbanks are finally subject to routine supervision.

Singh retracted an initial statement he made against Pakistani national Zulfiqar Ali (see above), admitting he was coerced into making the false admission in return for a more lenient sentence for himself.

Non-spousal heirs, regardless of their age or the type of IRA, must take RMDs; a Roth conversion eliminates RMDs for you, but not for them (more lenient rules apply to spouses).