Sentence examples for mild sentences from inspiring English sources

The defense also seemed surprised by the relatively mild sentences.

The helmsman, Jacob Rusli Bin, is one of five Costa employees granted plea bargains in return for mild sentences in a separate proceeding.

As the mild sentences rolled by, I found myself wishing the Unabomber or the boys who carried out the Columbine massacre would take the stage for a chapter or two.

Here, the C.O. went on, it was mild sentences that were the order of the day, and, what was more, they became even milder when they were up for review; safe and professionally idealistic back home, he said, the legal experts of military appellate bodies invariably looked with suspicion upon the administration of justice in war zones.

Vatican criminal law, according to Papanti Pelletier, envisions "very mild" sentences: "In Italy, prison sentences are much harsher," he said.

Harich himself drew a remarkably mild sentence for a crime punishable by death.

He was also tried, and a relatively mild sentence — a fine — was handed down from the very top.

The mild sentence drew complaints from secularist groups but it is another sign of the building momentum for enforcing the rule of law against self-appointed religious police.The same day the parliament passed, after years of debate, a controversial "porn bill" sought by Islamists but backed by some secular parties in an attempt to look pious.

The Jamaican-born coach was eventually given a relatively mild sentence, largely because the jury was unimpressed with the prosecution's "true devil" of a witness.

The FARC's negotiators have yet to accept the principle that such crimes must be punished, even with milder sentences than would normally be imposed.

A milder sentence is expected for her principal accomplice, Zhang Xiaojun, because Ms. Gu has reportedly confessed to buying and administering the poison that killed Mr. Heywood.