Sentence examples for receiving a light from inspiring English sources

After receiving a light gray Sony Reader from her grandparents for Christmas, Mia Garcia, a 12-year-old from Touchet, Wash., downloaded "Little Women," a book she had not read before.

Bokhary's lawyer Peter Duncan disputes that the widespread perception for Bokhary receiving a light sentence was due to her family's wealth and connections.

This combined attack of the Guard resulted in a great number of prisoners and captured enemy guns, with Nansouty receiving a light wound in the process.

Court records unsealed last month indicated that Mr. Duncan has been cooperating with the authorities in hopes of receiving a lighter sentence.

She has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud and is working with law enforcement in hopes of receiving a lighter sentence, according to the criminal complaint.

He is ambitious and approving an alternative-justice process brought by a woman from California that might result in a murderer receiving a lighter sentence would most likely make him appear soft on crime.

Federal prosecutors moved on Thursday to unseal court documents listing some of Raj Rajaratnam's medical conditions, arguing that the convicted insider trader was hiding behind unspecified health problems to justify receiving a lighter sentence.

After years of bouncing from court to court, the defendants pleaded guilty, receiving a lighter sentence rather than risk having their lives ruined over a matter of principle.

Soon afterward he was shot to death by Louis, who in turn received a light sentence.

Mr. Bastrykin said that Novaya Gazeta was confusing the suspect who received a light sentence with a different suspect who has the same last name.

It was widely expected that he would receive a light sentence, quite possibly with no jail time at all, in return for his cooperation.