Sentence examples for light penalties from inspiring English sources

Smuggling ivory carries notoriously light penalties across the world.

The charges against Mr. Nicholas carry relatively light penalties.

He says New England received light penalties in comparison for its videotaping scandal.

Many evaders were offered light penalties of only 10% of tax due, plus immunity from prosecution.

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SINCE the financial crisis, complaints that corporate wrongdoers suffer light penalties have become routine.

Given that he describes the party as the "political equivalent of Chlamydia", this would not be a light penalty.

Why would Mr. Anderson go out of his way to tarnish Mr. Jobs after he had been let off with a relatively light penalty?

A stiff sentence for Rajaratnam would reinvigorate the sense of a deterrent; on the other hand, a light penalty would make the lengthy, costly prosecution look like a waste.

To some observers, the relatively quick resolution to the Manziel case, and the comparatively light penalty, could add to criticism of the N.C.A.A.'s enforcement process, which has been chided for being unequal in levying sanctions.

Rene Bousquet, for example, Paris police commander, delivered Jews to the Gestapo, but he was sentenced only to two years, and even that light penalty was suspended on the grounds that he had helped the Resistance.