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Meanings of lenient sentence in English

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Usage of lenient sentence in English
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When you get a lenient sentence, they say, oh, they let him walk.
Life
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Prosecutors had sought a lenient sentence because Benaissa had confessed and expressed remorse.
Reuters
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Powell's lawyer, Paulette Pitt, thanked the judge for the lenient sentence.
Reuters
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His lawyers indicated they would seek a more lenient sentence.
Reuters
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Judge George Howard indicated the comparatively lenient sentence was given because of Tucker's ill health.
The Irish Times
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He finally receives a lenient sentence for psychiatric reasons.
Reuters
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His lawyer put the case for a lenient sentence.
Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr...
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He received a lenient sentence-onlynine months imprisonment.
The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
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It was the most lenient sentence possible.
The Irish Times
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But the Arizona resident could receive a more lenient sentence by testifying at Kapoor's Jan. 28 trial.
Reuters
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Many family members of the dead men are angry at what they say is a lenient sentence.
Radio NZ
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The judge (a father himself) passed a lenient sentence.
The Legacy of Cain
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Outside court, Davison thanked the judge for the lenient sentence but said he is not happy with the outcome.
Radio NZ
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Together with his doctor, Mark Gold, Dad hatched a plan designed to land him the most lenient sentence possible.
High on arrival
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But Judge Franklin Burgess Jr. said he would accept a plea bargain that called for a more lenient sentence.
Reuters
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The sentence dashed hopes that Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, might press behind the scenes for a more lenient sentence.
The Guardian
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