Sentence examples for lenient state from inspiring English sources

Speaking of his relatively lenient state sentence, he told a friend, "Once again, I made it through a situation I shouldn't have".

The Kilshaws took the babies to Arkansas, where lenient state laws allowed them to win court approval to adopt the babies.

For example, if a husband in New York didn't like the property rules imposed on him by the New York court, it would be unfair to his wife if he could simply drive a few miles away to a more lenient state and file for divorce there.

But they still require companion federal controls if they are to be fully effective and not compromised by more lenient states.

"I'm really pretty lenient" stated the former Real Housewives of Atlanta star.

Even now, dangerous individuals are bypassing their own states' concealed weapon restrictions by obtaining permits from more lenient states.

Vermont has historically been one of the most lenient states on guns, even allowing open carry without a permit.

Mr. Sullivan's hiring is seen variously by legal experts as a sign that the states do not expect a settlement or that if the Bush administration settles with Microsoft on terms that the states regard as too lenient, the states are willing to litigate alone to try to obtain tougher sanctions.

"Christine expressed anger at Mr. Turner's lenient sentence, stating that she particularly was bothered by it because she was assaulted in high school by a man who was now a federal judge in Washington, D.C.," Koegler wrote.

BRUSSELS — European regulators Wednesday extended into 2011 the more lenient rules on state aid for banks and companies that they introduced during the financial crisis, suggesting officials remain wary of the repercussions on banks of the government debt crisis ravaging the euro zone.

Dr. Guinan also noted that Nevada has the strictest tobacco "pre-emption" law, which bars localities from enacting any anti-smoking regulations stricter than the statewide standards, which are lenient in a state where casinos, hotels and restaurants are full of the smell of secondhand smoke and businesses are not required to provide no-smoking areas.