If leniency were to be applied to the Right-wing extremists, political sources argued, it should also cover the liberals and Left-wingers held without charge, trial or conviction.
The reason for Justice Patrick McCarthy's leniency appears to be that Hustveit admitted the extent of his guilt in emails to the victim and in court, and, without these admissions, it would have been impossible to prosecute him.
Leniency seems to be such a success that the European Commission is sitting on what Mr Pheasant calls a "time bomb" of cartel investigations, with more than 200 applications for leniency on file.Better still for trustbusters, one successful case often begets another confession.
As I was drawing I felt I wouldn't be able to make it because we had very tight deadlines and there was no leniency, it had to be perfect.
Proper co-parenting requires a certain amount of leniency and compromise to be successful.
She rejected calls for her resignation, saying that "making the right decision is not a resigning issue", and dismissed claims that her leniency to Lord Janner was the result of an Establishment cover-up.
And even leniency to others needs to be handled with care.
"Don't assume that there's going to be leniency," said Tom Hall, the London-based director of digital editorial for Lonely Planet.
