Sentence examples for leniency that from inspiring English sources

It was not, in the end, that moment of leniency that turned the match around.

On Tuesday Khamenei used the expression "heroic leniency" that is being interpreted as a euphemism for a softer stance on foreign policy.

They also remind Obama of the long record of leniency that has been shown by his own and previous administrations towards those who have broken secrecy laws.

In their letter, which they have also sent to the US attorney general, Loretta Lynch, the 15 cite the former CIA director David Petraeus as an example of the kind of official leniency that has so far eluded Snowden.

The court's precedents have created so many overlapping categories — based on age, the nature of the offense and whether judges and juries have discretion to show leniency — that much of the argument was devoted to identifying the possible lines the court could draw.

A court on Thursday confirmed an earlier ruling to reduce the prison sentence of Platon A. Lebedev, a former business partner of the oil tycoon Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, in a show of leniency that could result in Mr. Lebedev's release in July.

To aid detection, the DoJ developed a leniency programme that provides incentives for companies to confess and snitch on rivals.

Ms. Huertas, 32, speaking publicly for the first time since the accident, pleaded for leniency, saying that not a day goes by that she does not think of Leandra.

Mr. Ghailani's lawyers have asked the judge, Lewis A. Kaplan, for leniency, saying that he had been "mistreated" while in United States custody, and that he had provided information to the government while being detained by the C.I.A., the government's filing said.

Mr. Sharpton urged leniency, asserting that Mr. Riccardi's actions had been influenced by distorted news coverage.

The reason for the leniency is that at any given time, the company has an average of 40 unfilled jobs.