Meanings of lenient sentences in English

Many objected to the lenient sentences given to fighters who confessed to crimes.

Unfortunately, cases of unduly lenient sentences are not uncommon.

He did criticise lenient sentences and often asked why so few Copts sat in parliament.

Such deals involve promises to cooperate with an investigation in exchange for more lenient sentences.

Indonesian soldiers cannot be tried in civilian courts and military courts give only lenient sentences, he said.

People who smuggle drugs will face more lenient sentences if they have been exploited, under new guidelines.

He said Bulger's former criminal associates blamed murders they had committed on Bulger in exchange for more lenient sentences.

The bill also provides for more lenient sentences for sex crimes than currently exist for similar crimes against women.

Thomas McQuade (32) decided to strike because he feared paedophiles were getting away with too lenient sentences.

As our security correspondent writes in today's editions, cases involving death as a result of drunk driving, tend to attract lenient sentences.

In England and Wales, however, the political emphasis has been on reversing the number of "unduly lenient sentences" passed by courts.

In December, Nauru's resident magistrate Emma Garo failed to get her contract renewed amid controversy over allegedly lenient sentences given to anti-government protestors.

If lenient sentences were handed down in a certain area, then it was likely that the drugs problem would be greater in that area.

Unduly lenient sentences in the District Court should be subject to appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions, according to the Law Reform Commission.

Both defense lawyers sought to discredit the expected testimony of three ex-Rabobank employees who pleaded guilty and are cooperating in hopes of lenient sentences.

Dutton defended himself by saying he had been "very careful" in his comments, which reflected public concerns about "disgraceful" lenient sentences in Victoria.