be lenient

Example Sentences

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Kay’s middle child, 20-year-old Carter, said during the sentencing hearing that his father “wouldn’t do something bad willingly” and urged the judge to be lenient.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2022

In the case of Mr. Oudomsine, the Pokemon card purchaser, his lawyers argued in March that a judge should be lenient in deciding his sentence because the fraud had taken hardly any time at all.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2022

She appealed to the authoritarian Belarusian leader to be lenient and to offer her the opportunity "to be useful to society and be close to her mom and dad".

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2022

Terabelian’s attorney, Ryan Fraser, urged Wilson to be lenient on her because she was not an “essential player” in the fraud and money laundering.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2021

"I ask the court to be lenient, in consideration of his age," says the attorney.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti