Sentence examples for lenient decisions from inspiring English sources

The research, which examined judicial rulings by Israeli judges who presided over parole hearings in criminal cases, found that judges gave more lenient decisions at the start of the day and immediately after a scheduled break in court proceedings such as lunch.

In contrast, β was clearly shifted toward more lenient decisions on incongruent trials (β = 2.32) than on congruent ones (β = 3.73), t(14) = 3.12, p <.01.

This has caused some speculation that Nisar provided valuable information to the police, which may have led to such a lenient decision.

At the same time, conservatives, troubled by rising crime, began to argue that parole boards had too much power, which was leading to lenient sentencing decisions.

Award rates fell from 48.8 to 33.3percentt between 1975 and 1980, with this decline concentrated among states that had been more lenient in their decision making.

Dudley's differences with Winthrop came to the fore again in January 1636, when other magistrates orchestrated a series of accusations that Winthrop had been overly lenient in his judicial decisions.

Both of those sentences were overturned after prosecutors protested the lenient penalties and appealed the decisions.

Roughly 95percentt of DOPS decisions are far too lenient, because a weak-kneed league would rather let offenders off with a slap on the wrist than send a message with a big suspension.