Sentence examples for get a lenient from inspiring English sources

Franceso Colorado Cessa, his son Francisco Jr., and a business associate, Ramon Segura Flores, are accused of conspiring to offer a $1.2 million bribe to Judge Sam Sparks in an attempt to get a lenient sentence for the elder Mr. Colorado Cessa in the money laundering case.

If this was indeed vigilante justice, the men may have been upset at how long the case is taking to work its way through the courts or Suter's being granted bail or the men could be assuming that he'll get a lenient sentence and are preemptively punishing him.

Singer is working on that: He pleaded guilty to four charges and has been cooperating with investigators in the hopes of getting a lenient sentence.

Hamid Ghodse, an INCB board member, said it was regrettable that a "number of people have got a lenient response in the UK and around the world", although he declined to name the celebrities he had in mind.

He quickly cut a deal, agreeing to become a secret FBI informant in hopes of getting a lenient sentence.

Defense lawyers argued that Mrs. Myers should get a more lenient sentence partly because of poor health.

The defense argued that Mr. Rechnitz would say whatever he thought would help him get a more lenient sentence for his own crime.

"I didn't feel at all guilty about what I did, so I couldn't plead guilty, even though I would get a more lenient sentence," she said.

With biting questions, Mr. Vinegrad suggested that Mr. Volpe was lying to help another former officer and to get a more lenient sentence.

"I didn't feel at all guilty about what I did, so I couldn't plead guilty, even though I would get a more lenient sentence," she says.

Echoing the "stop snitchin' " campaign among some hip-hop fans and artists, however, Jay-Z hastened to dissociate himself from Mr. Lucas's decision to cooperate with the authorities to get a more lenient sentence.