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Prosecutors had tried to battle Ms. Stewart's claims to a more lenient judgment.

On March 26 the prosecutors appealed to the Supreme Court because of what they considered the excessively lenient judgments.

Unger reports that most people respond strongly that abandoning the hitchhiker is abominable behavior, and he contrasts this near-universal harsh judgment with the lenient judgments most people give to The Envelope:

Keating asked that Lincoln be given a lenient judgment by the FHLBB, so it could limit its high risk investments and get into the relatively safe home mortgage business, allowing the business to survive.

When I first saw this play and this actor, I could not in forming my lenient judgment of the heroine, forget that she had been the inspiration of a passion of which I had beheld such profound and affecting marks.

Some clergy called for capital punishment, but the government pressured them to issue a lenient judgement because the Báb was popular.

This is necessary if legal inequality is to be prevented, and issues of competition will gravitate towards the court where the most lenient judgements are given.

In return, the Government said, it may seek a more lenient sentence.

This would be reflected in a more lenient sentence of 30 months.

Why did the prosecutors in each case seek a more lenient sentence?

This offered a more lenient sentence and would allow him to avoid the death penalty.

The judge (a father himself) passed a lenient sentence.

I appeal to you to be merciful and give me a more lenient sentence.

The accomplices were given more lenient sentences for their cooperation.

Prosecutors said a lenient sentence would set a bad precedent for terrorism cases.

In the circumstances, a more lenient sentence is appropriate.

Since 1988 the Crown has also been able to appeal in certain circumstances against lenient sentences.

Wang was given a lenient sentence of five years.

He received a lenient sentence, which led to considerable outrage among Canadians.

Even if they are caught and convicted, they often receive very lenient sentences.

Under the measure, militia members who turn in their weapons will receive lenient sentences for any crimes.

He is cooperating with prosecutors in hopes of receiving a more lenient sentence.

Here you have lenient sentences for what appears to have been premeditated.

Unfortunately I keep reading about criminals given absurdly lenient sentences by some judges.

Consequently, the majority of defendants received lenient sentences after plea bargaining.

Most of the defendants were acquitted, and the others were given lenient sentences.

The evidence left Fricker with little choice but to plead guilty in the hope of a more lenient sentence.

Last year, in a letter to the court asking for a lenient sentence, she said those patients would suffer if she was sent to prison.

In it, the Government offers no pardons, but drug organizations stand to benefit from lenient sentences and other guarantees.

But the foreman expressed his fellow jurors' hope that, given the circumstances, the judge might consider a lenient sentence.

Hanging would seem quite a lenient sentence considering the enormity of his crime in those harsh old days.

Kelly intends to surrender, if only to receive a more lenient sentence and avoid execution.