Sentence examples for lenient verdict from inspiring English sources

I can't see DeLillo exactly biting through his umbrella handle with rage on reading that lenient verdict.

Judge Laurence Rittenband, however, was apparently prepared to tear up the deal, possibly because he was worried about public reaction to a lenient verdict.

But they will be hoping for a lenient verdict after Flavio Briatore, their managing director, and their executive director of engineering, Pat Symonds, left the team last week.

The lenient verdict was dictated by Stalin's desire to win the intelligentsia to his side and to improve his image abroad, a policy in line with his staging of the First Congress of Soviet Writers (August 1934).

The lenient verdict, as well as the assertion by Turner's father that his son was paying "a steep price … for only 20 minutes of action", sparked a global uproar that has included a recall campaign against the judge, Aaron Persky.

Yet that has not stopped some criticism over what has been perceived as a lenient verdict, or conjecture that the jurors — who served anonymously and have not offered public comment — might have decided to compromise by finding something to keep Mr. Ghailani behind bars.

Over ten months, more lenient verdicts were given in the mornings and immediately after scheduled breaks, i.e. lunch.

Over ten months, the authors found, more lenient verdicts were given in the mornings and immediately after scheduled breaks, i.e. lunch.

The Shahbagh protesters are complaining that the recent verdict is too lenient, while opposition parties, including the Jamaat party, have accused the government of manipulating the tribunal to ensure convictions of their leaders.

In 1983, the central government of China issued the No. 5 document, it required that when minority members are involved in judicial cases, the police department and court should arrest less, execute less, and the verdict should be lenient.

Think a court verdict is too lenient?