Sentence examples for is a lenient from inspiring English sources

"I would be very wary of extrapolating from that, that this is a lenient sentencing judge.

But this is a lenient and sentimental account of Castro's Cuba.

He is a lenient teacher — "It is not a sin to be happy," he writes — and an empathetic one.

And that is a lenient interpretation, given the recent scandal in which a Saudi Cleric declared that "women cannot drive because they have a quarter of a brain".

Whether you are a lenient parent or a tyrant, it is insulting to be lied to.

The judge at his trial, acknowledging the importance of Turing's work, laid down what seemed at the time to be a lenient sentence.

The footballers' union has criticised the move by the Scottish Football Association's compliance officer to challenge what he perceives to be a lenient punishment for Steve Simonsen.

I just hope there will be a lenient policy regarding tattoos, or the pole sport competitor population may dramatically decrease!

If, God forbid, there is a trial, we ask for it to be a lenient one," said a person close to Kashgari's family.

Wright pointed out that Marshall could have ordered Saunders to receive counselling on violence against women, which would already be a lenient sentence, but "that was completely ignored".

This was a lenient effort as she undoubtedly had the ability to build a compelling criminal case against the banks (as institutions) and the bank officers who knowingly created the robo-mortgage scheme.