'grant leniency' is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used in the context of legal or administrative proceedings to refer to a decision to be less strict or to be more forgiving. For example, "The judge granted leniency to the defendant due to his age."
And the judge was seldom persuaded to grant leniency because of family circumstances — it was, after all, the defendants' crimes, not the sentence, that caused hardships for families.
Ms. Chen had withdrawn the government's agreement to seek leniency for Mr. Maggiore and Alberto Alvarado, but had urged the judge to grant leniency to Robert.
The court also said that Chinese criminal law stipulates that everyone is equal before the law and that no one is permitted to "transgress the law"— an indication that the government would not grant leniency to a foreign citizen.
Cindy bragged about taking a picture with Anderson Cooper, who came to visit for an episode of "60 Minutes". She hoped that the president, the courts, someone, would grant leniency for Beristain.
The sweeping power of governors to grant leniency, which has led to cash-for-clemency scandals in the past, has seldom received the degree of attention being paid to President Bill Clinton's last-minute pardons.
But Mr. Rufolo, who is also a former prosecutor in Mr. Christie's office, urged the judge to grant leniency to Mr. Salkind despite what he called the "incredibly prejudicial climate" surrounding his client.
But the informers, he said, were granted leniency by prosecutors anxious to put Mr. Massino away.
His lawyers and the prosecutors disagree about whether he should be granted leniency because of his age and other factors.
In late October, the American regulators granted leniency toward Lloyd's in putting cash into the guarantee fund in New York.
He invited witnesses from eastern Ukraine to come forward, saying they might be granted leniency in exchange for testimony.
Mr. Tsegie was granted leniency because he had confessed, Mr. Shimeles said, adding that the accused was not a member of a party.
