Sentence examples for obtaining leniency from inspiring English sources

One question is whether Ms. Hou might now seek to cooperate with the government against Mr. Liu in the hope of obtaining leniency when she is sentenced.

The witness, Jona Rechnitz, has pleaded guilty to fraud conspiracy charges in the union case, and the criminal complaint against Seabrook and Huberfield says he is "providing information to the government in the hopes of obtaining leniency when he is sentenced".

Prosecutors accuse Muneo Suzuki, left, of accepting a $40,000 bribe to obtain leniency for the lumber company in an illegal-logging case.

In the wiretapped conversation, Ms. Harman was overheard agreeing to a request made by an Israeli intelligence operative that she try to obtain leniency for two pro-Israel lobbyists in exchange for help in securing the chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee, former officials said.

It is standard in federal criminal prosecutions in the United States to use cooperating witnesses who have played enough of a role in the crime to have direct knowledge of the details, and who agree to testify in an effort to obtain leniency.

They expect punishment from the state; instead, they find leniency.

It isn't mentioned as a relevant factor in the Justice Department's guidelines for leniency, and it hasn't stopped the department from obtaining guilty pleas from several large publicly traded companies.

In a similar vein, Esfandiari and Myford (2013) used MFRM to obtain the severity/ leniency differences among self-, peer-, and teacher-assessors rating EFL essays.

Supporters of several controversial clemency applicants regard Mr. Clinton's final days in office as their last chance to obtain a presidential grant of leniency.

Or -- strategically -- did they want (or perhaps need) to give investigators or prosecutors reason to grant them immunity or leniency as a means to obtain their testimony?

He should get no leniency this time.