Sentence examples for pleas for leniency from inspiring English sources

Despite the archbishop's pleas for leniency, Farina and his accomplices were tortured and executed.

As the months dragged into years, Mr. Hawkins's pleas for leniency were offset by his erratic behavior.

In sentencing one of Mr. Goffer's co-defendants, Jason Goldfarb, to three years in prison, Judge Sullivan rejected pleas for leniency, pointing out that his conduct "wasn't an impulsive decision.

Former Royal Bank of Scotland employees will have their company pension payments slashed when they get to state retirement age - and Sir Fred Goodwin, the bank's richest pensioner, personally rejected union pleas for leniency over the so-called "clawback" provisions.

An Afghan tribal leader convicted in an international narcotics trafficking conspiracy was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday by a judge in New York who rejected pleas for leniency based on the man's cooperation with the American authorities.

Mrs. Clinton and her aides acknowledged that the supporters, who included the grand rabbi of the Hasidic men's sect, made pleas for leniency during the meeting in late December.

It was a plea for leniency.

Judge Kimba M. Wood of United States District Court in Manhattan rejected Mr. Pomponio's plea for leniency, a lawyer said.

Mr. Martinez's friends and family packed the courtroom, at some points sobbing as he made a final plea for leniency.

In a closing plea for leniency, Mr. Hernández described the trial held in South Florida as "eminently political".

In his plea for leniency, Mr. Ramrattan insisted that he was innocent, saying that he had spent years helping the police solve cases as an informant.