Sentence examples for leniency toward from inspiring English sources

Within hours, however, another apparent case of leniency toward a pedophile priest emerged.

"Over the last two years, this administration has shown a policy of great leniency toward Israel".

Others point to renewed contacts between Hamas and Cairo as a source of relative leniency toward Sinai's Islamists".

Holder has shown some leniency toward Snowden before, but his use of the phrase "public service" turned heads.

In late October, the American regulators granted leniency toward Lloyd's in putting cash into the guarantee fund in New York.

A year later, a delegation of Radical Republicans from New York went to Washington with ostensible evidence of Seward's leniency toward Southern "traitors".

He added that "there must be no leniency whatsoever" toward such assaults.

Just a few days ago, Vladimir Putin expressed satisfaction at the Pussy Riot sentencing and thus the sudden leniency shown toward Samutsevich could have been a means of re-establishing some sense of independence for the courts were it not for the fact the decision was so clear cut.

He is the Englishman Howard Webb, and there is precedence for Webb's showing leniency in extremis toward van Bommel's roughing up of talented Spanish players.

But some at the review board believe the numbers tell a story of a trend toward leniency in areas where police officers might deserve more stringent discipline.

The two decisions issued yesterday built on a 2005 decision that made the federal sentencing guidelines advisory rather than mandatory, which led to the modest trend toward leniency.