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Climate protection urges for less energy consumption.

Nevertheless, a federal prosecutor described a memo Mr. Wiesenfeld had written urging leniency for a prisoner as "outrageous".

A woman in Arkansas has held parties in her home -- "kind of like Amway" -- to get signatures on petitions urging leniency for the boys.

However, over the last year, since the debut of Treasury Secretary James A. Baker 3d's "Baker Plan" urging more leniency toward the countries in return for their adoption of policies designed to foster their economies' long-term growth, Mr. de Larosiere's dealings with the countries have become more flexible.

They invariably confessed to committing crimes and apologized, asking North Korea for leniency and urging their governments to facilitate their release.

David Cameron has written to the King of Saudi Arabia to urge leniency in the case of a British grandfather sentenced to 360 lashes for transporting home made wine in his car.

Bill Gates and Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general, were among many who wrote to Judge Rakoff urging leniency.

Letters urging leniency keep arriving at Judge Gary L. Sharpe's chambers from friends, relatives and former colleagues.

Mr. Sharpton urged leniency, asserting that Mr. Riccardi's actions had been influenced by distorted news coverage.

In the time leading up to Libby's sentencing, U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton received scores of letters regarding the sentencing, many of which urged leniency.

Before sentencing, the trial judge received more than 120 letters urging leniency, including one from Nobel Peace Prize recipient Shirin Ebadi, a Banki family friend.