lenity
Example Sentences
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Some decisions suggest that it applies only to “grievous ambiguities,” he noted, but “this ‘grievous’ business does not derive from any well-considered theory about lenity or the mainstream of this court’s opinions.”
From Slate • Mar. 1, 2023
Which leads to a second reason to reject a broad reading of the law: the rule of lenity.
From Slate • Mar. 1, 2023
Sotomayor joined most of Gorsuch’s full-throated support for the rule of lenity in Wooden.
From Slate • Mar. 1, 2023
Dershowitz further suggested that the "rule of lenity," or the legal doctrine that ambiguities should be resolved in favor of defendants, also counseled towards acquitting the president.
From Fox News • Jan. 27, 2020
Like many people, Chris apparently judged artists and close friends by their work, not their life, yet he was temperamentally incapable of extending such lenity to his father.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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