Although the guidelines are only a recommendation, federal judges have to justify any sentence that falls outside the recommended range, and many are reluctant to be too lenient in order to avoid a government appeal.
But not much else.Mr Posner nearly lost his liberty in 1987 for tax evasion, but a lenient court ordered him to give $3m to charities and serve meals to the homeless for eight weeks.
While the requirements for in-service training have been lenient, in order to improve the knowledge and competence of EC teachers, various professional development systems that incentivize teachers' attainment of advanced training, qualifications, and credentials have been initiated by many states.
From a practical standpoint, these results suggest that adopting more lenient criteria for ordering DST for TB patients at individual health centers where risk for MDR TB is highest may be a rational approach while resources are limited.
Use an even tolerance when waiting for your purchase or, better yet, be lenient if your order came out wrong.
"We are becoming a joke by our lenient interpretation of standing orders which continues to allow some members to seek publicity," she said.
"We have been very lenient in the restriction order imposed on her.
They said that if any more recounts were done in Florida, the county canvassing boards should also count overseas absentee ballots using a new, more lenient standard that was ordered by a federal judge in Pensacola on Friday.
While judges would still have some authority to order more lenient sentences in certain circumstances, Representative Tom Feeney, the Florida Republican who sponsored this misguided proposal, included provisions that would require the Justice Department to report to Congress practically every time a judge did so.
In fact in several areas -- such as executive orders for more lenient treatment of young persons not legally in this country, and their parents -- Trump has explicitly promised he would do so.
Sometimes the house falls painfully quiet, Ms. Thornton said, though she has become more lenient about leaving "Law & Order" reruns on while the children complete their homework.
