While deploring the killing, former commander Major General Julian Thompson has called for leniency.
If it did not, the attorney general had the discretion to show leniency.
If it does not, the attorney general has the discretion to show leniency.
The leniency shown to retired general David Petraeus for passing secrets to his lover shows the "profound double standard" of the Obama administration when it comes to leakers, a lawyer for a State Department contractor convicted of providing Fox News with classified information has said.
"He may have only got a couple of years, but he has given them a life sentence". The length of Harris's sentence, which may allow him parole in less than three years, has been referred to the British attorney general to decide whether to appeal against its leniency.
"The amnesty program is the division's most effective generator of large cases, and it is the department's most successful leniency program," said James M. Griffin, a deputy assistant attorney general in the antitrust division who heads its criminal enforcement office and plays the pivotal role of deciding which cases will be filed.
After the conclusion of the Crimean War (March 1856), Gorchakov succeeded the dictatorial Ivan Paskevich as governor-general of Poland, where he inaugurated a policy of leniency and reform.
Bill Gates and Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general, were among many who wrote to Judge Rakoff urging leniency.
"This is a very strong signal that Uefa is not willing to show leniency when these incidents occur," said Uefa's general secretary Gerhard Aigner.
While he was found guilty and reprimanded, the punishment was annulled by General Haig and Colquhoun remained in his position; the official leniency may perhaps have been because he was related to H. H. Asquith, the Prime Minister.
