Sentence examples for more lenient decisions from inspiring English sources
The research, which examined judicial rulings by Israeli judges who presided over parole hearings in criminal cases, found that judges gave more lenient decisions at the start of the day and immediately after a scheduled break in court proceedings such as lunch.
In contrast, β was clearly shifted toward more lenient decisions on incongruent trials (β = 2.32) than on congruent ones (β = 3.73), t(14) = 3.12, p <.01.
Award rates fell from 48.8 to 33.3percentt between 1975 and 1980, with this decline concentrated among states that had been more lenient in their decision making.
The decision highlighted the more lenient way that the Israeli legal system treats Jews who have committed nationalist murders.
More specifically, I find that the use of multiple objective performance measures and the use of subjective performance measures are related to more compressed performance ratings and more lenient performance ratings, which could result in problems in personnel decisions and future incentives.
Because some bankruptcy judges are more lenient than others, people in similar straits may end up with different bankruptcy decisions.
Echoing the "stop snitchin' " campaign among some hip-hop fans and artists, however, Jay-Z hastened to dissociate himself from Mr. Lucas's decision to cooperate with the authorities to get a more lenient sentence.
Cummings may yet appeal over the decision and BBC Sport understands he believes he should receive a more lenient sanction, just as the chairman of the FA's referees committee, David Elleray, did this summer.
The decision provoked predictable violence in Port Said, but if the sentences had been more lenient there would have been violence in Cairo from supporters of the Al-Ahly team, Patrick said.
Critics have also launched a recall campaign against Persky over his decision to sentence Turner to six months in county jail – a punishment that is much more lenient than the two years in prison prescribed by law.
