Sentences with phrase «leniency because»

Should he get leniency because the deceased lived alone in an SRO?

The AFT's sudden cheerleading for accountability in the case of charter schools reminds me of the old Yiddish definition of «chutzpah»: a young man kills his parents and then asks the judge for leniency because he is an orphan.

The crooked Queens pol said in new filings to U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas that he deserves leniency because his attempt to bribe his way into City Hall was not for financial gain.

Former State Sen. Malcolm Smith (pictured) said in new filings to U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas that he deserves leniency because his attempt to bribe his way into City Hall was not for financial gain.

The court document, a memorandum from Huntley requesting leniency because of her cooperation with FBI agents, was originally sealed, but a judge ruled Tuesday that it be made public when news outlets including DNAinfo New York made requests.

A federal judge is expected to decide Tuesday whether former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver deserves a long prison sentence for years of corruption, or leniency because he is ill and says he is sorry.

The criminal prosecutions spawned by the CityTime case reached a quiet denouement when a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Carl Bell, a computer specialist at the center of the scheme, to three years» probation, showing leniency because he had given crucial help to investigators.

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This is obviously a personal choice and I'm sure some of you may allow a little more leniency, but this is what I feel works for me and means that I'm still eating healthy for the majority of the week and therefore still feeling happy, healthy and full on energy — as soon as I start eating less healthy more often (which does happen occasionally because, well, life!)

This was because Arla was the first company to alert the OFT to the existence of possible infringements and was the first to apply for leniency, according to the UK authority.

I would not be surprised if the calamitous ref is now kicking himself because he has inadvertently done Arsenal a big favour and it would not have been an outrage if he had shown leniency on the second tackle.

For a man like Dino, the police should show some level of leniency, because we need people like Dino in this country if we want this country to be great.»

Dogs that might be smaller, or «toy breeds», can get more leniency with overly excitable, anxious, or even aggressive behaviors, because of their size.

She thinks the court should apply leniency in sentencing, because «They've already paid the ultimate price for their foolishness and hopefully the country has heard the wake - up call.»

Because they spend more time on the roads, they feel they are more likely to rack up tickets than other motorists and deserve some leniency.

A. Then, on the other hand, it says, in Part IV, that Rita's sentence is reasonable because he offered no evidence that he would be retaliated against in prison and because he did not argue that military service is deserving of leniency.

Clearly, a person who commits a crime because he is acting in accordance with Aboriginal customary law may be less morally culpable than someone who has acted in an utterly contumelious way without any justification whatsoever and this may in appropriate circumstances be a ground for leniency when sentencing Aboriginal offenders: Hales v Jamalmira (supra).

Because of FHA's leniency, some borrowers with past credit problems elect to use FHA for loans when they have a substantial down payment rather than getting a higher interest rate conventional loan.