Sentence examples for warranted leniency from inspiring English sources
The prosecutor had to ultimately decide that Mr. Eifert's emotional difficulties warranted leniency.
Looking back, Judge Chin said, the "mitigating factors did warrant leniency, and that's why it was a struggle for me internally".
He said that Nathaniel's age alone did not warrant leniency and that the boy's demeanor during the trial was proof of his lack of remorse.
He argued that his client's remorse about the crime and his record of good behaviour should warrant some leniency.
It tied the hands of judges and ruined countless young lives by mandating lengthy prison terms in cases where leniency was warranted.
Worse still, they tied the hands of judges — and destroyed countless young lives — by requiring long prison terms in cases where leniency and drug treatment were clearly warranted.
In the face of recent, traumatic events is there any chance that you will extend leniency to the defendant standing in the dock - even if the case is unrelated, and even if leniency for him in his particular situation is truly warranted?
Skepticism was warranted.
Apologies are now warranted.
