Sentence examples for gave lenient from inspiring English sources

Federal prosecutors are examining whether state officials gave lenient treatment to a Hasidic rabbi imprisoned in a widely publicized kidnapping case after appeals were made on his behalf by a fund-raiser for the campaign of Gov. George E. Pataki, officials and others involved in the inquiry say.

Philip gave lenient terms for settling the problems in Gascony, and the event was spoiled only by a serious fire in Edward's quarters.

Judges, mirroring local public opinion, tend to give lenient punishments.

The bureau has faced repeated criticism over the perception that senior officials were given lenient treatment for wrongdoing.

Many officers accused of involvement in the bloodshed during East Timor's vote for independence from Indonesia in 1999 have been acquitted or given lenient sentences.

His lawyer, William C. Costopoulos, questioned the prosecution case, saying that the evidence against Mr. Robertson had come from six other defendants in the case who had been given lenient plea agreements.

The human rights court established in East Timor to apply criminal sanctions to those participating in the ethnic cleansing that was instituted in response to the 1999 independence movement was roundly criticized by human rights advocates after many of the first 18 defendants subjected to trial on March 20 were acquitted or given lenient sentences.

The judge who gave a lenient sentence to a former Stanford student convicted of sexual assault has been removed from a similar case due to prosecutors' concerns about his ability to "fairly participate" in the proceeding.

The research, which examined judicial rulings by Israeli judges who presided over parole hearings in criminal cases, found that judges gave more lenient decisions at the start of the day and immediately after a scheduled break in court proceedings such as lunch.

In May police cars were torched in San Francisco after Harvey Milk's killer was given a lenient sentence.

He faces up to four years in prison under sentencing guidelines, though as a first-time offender, he may be given more lenient treatment.