MALAYSIA IS HARDLY known for the leniency of its punishments.
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There is some leniency depending on the type of debt.
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It seems customers were taking advantage of the retailer's leniency.
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Cases of rape or incest are not cause for leniency.
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Those that testified or "snitched" received leniency in their sentences.
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It may allowing states more leniency on particulate matter regulation.
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The O'Connors are counting on the courts' reputation for leniency.
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We will never show leniency and our position is firm.
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Nor are current and former military leaders calling for leniency.
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He has been able to get some leniency in unemployment.
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After all, this is not someone who deserves presidential leniency.
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Jackson noted leniency isn't the department's typical policy toward defendants.
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She suspected Anderson could be a good candidate for such leniency.
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Mueller, in his own memo, also asked the judge for leniency.
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CNBC reports that Shkreli asked for leniency before learning his fate.
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Some landlords are showing leniency to tenants hurt by the shutdown.
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Sarah Palin, on Thursday, made clear that leniency has its limits.
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So I did not see a compelling case for leniency here.
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Leniency goes too far when it promotes dishonesty, unfairness and disaffection.
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Many prominent officials asked the judge for leniency, including Republican Sen.
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Normally, that means a plea deal and a hope for leniency.
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German law grants leniency to tax cheats who turn themselves in.
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"We do not agree to any leniency in sentencing," she added.
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He said on Thursday he was contemplating leniency for former Gov.
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Because if you announce leniency with an open border, more will come.
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The argument for leniency also cited Trump&aposs harsh campaign-trail criticism.
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But the judge had to consider complex arguments for and against leniency.
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The argument for leniency also cited harsh campaign-trail criticism by Trump.
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"There will be no leniency nor particular severity," Eckert said on Wednesday.
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Two restraints and one leniency Racial anxieties also play a major role.
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Autry said he testified because he was seeking leniency, the AP reports.
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If a company engages in leniency discussions, this will be evaluated separately.
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It depends on the person and it depends on the bar's leniency.
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Some in the Netherlands criticised the leniency of Laura H.'s sentence.
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But Macri said a key clause allowing leniency agreements had been removed.
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Another recent development further underscores the need for leniency in Lorance's case.
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Lozoya's lawyer, Javier Coello, denied his client had written seeking leniency interviews.
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In hard-hit Hubei province, the leniency applies to larger companies, too.
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Prosecutors cited Mr. Flynn's assistance as grounds for leniency in his sentencing.
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Farhadi, as a foreign visitor, would be shown leniency, he informed us.
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In exchange for leniency, he's pledged to tell investigators everything he knows.
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His mom and others submitted letters too ... asking the judge for leniency.
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All the firms except Nichicon applied for leniency and had their fines reduced.
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The big picture: Prosecutors had asked U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan for leniency.
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The perceived leniency of the sentence sparked outrage and debate over sexual assault.
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Catch can't operate like a traditional software startup with leniency for screw-ups.
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Criticism by President Donald Trump also appeared to push the judge toward leniency.
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As this is a first offense I can see where leniency would beckon.
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He hasn't been granted any promise of leniency in exchange, the report said.
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Through a petition filed by his lawyer in 2000, Tse begged for leniency.
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They agreed to cooperate in further investigations, potentially earning them leniency at sentencing.
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BRF said by telephone it could not comment on any potential leniency talks.
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A state attorney is investigating whether the Batistas' leniency deal harmed taxpayers' interests.
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That may make further tax leniency a hard sell to the British public.
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As Mathers's lead defense attorney, Mesereau requested leniency from the court in November.
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Prosecutors, sentencing guidelines and recent history suggest they should not expect any leniency.
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Such leniency was not available to Sharapova, who used meldonium after Jan. 1.
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Mr. Roux argued that there were "substantial and compelling circumstances" to show leniency.
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In 2005 the government adopted a new policy called "balancing leniency and severity".
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Prosecutors and judges seldom regard those collateral costs as a rationale for leniency.
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In order to judge you with leniency, I need to determine your motives.
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And the male perpetrators of these crimes are given all manner of leniency.
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar asked for leniency in sentencing the western New York man.
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It also reached a leniency agreement with the Ministério Público Federal of Brazil.
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"Usually, the first people to cooperate get the advantage of leniency," he explained.
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Sources told Reuters last week the leniency deal would be signed within days.
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Defendants routinely ask judges for leniency — requests that are often contested by prosecutors.
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Immigration hawks tend to believe that any leniency in US policy — or even any discussion of a potential future leniency — is one of the most powerful "pull factors," and that ending that pull is a good reason not to be lenient.
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Leicester tried, at times, to push the leniency of referee Martin Atkinson beyond limits.
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Many have called for leniency if not a full presidential pardon for his efforts.
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Her circumstances make her an ideal candidate for leniency on humanitarian grounds, he said.
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Biden, noting his client's financial troubles, asked the judge for leniency and got it.
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Yvonne and Zachary both took the stand on their sons' behalf, asking for leniency.
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And finally, Bergdahl's willingness to share information and cooperate with investigators warranted some leniency.
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Last week, Braskem announced it had to pay additional leniency fines to Brazilian authorities.
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So ending mass incarceration will require more leniency on the end of violent offenses.
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There are no mitigating circumstances here or a reasonable argument for showing unusual leniency.
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Cartwright will not see the inside of a prison cell, receiving the utmost leniency.
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McKeon also cited letters written by the girl's mother and grandmother asking for leniency.
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But it's not actually true that the government is never showing discretion or leniency.
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In theory, plea deals exchange leniency for information for future indictments up the ladder.
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They're making a case for leniency when the judge issues his sentence in April.
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David Petraeus as evidence that he (Snowden) should be afforded some type of leniency.
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Sympathetic observers started a hashtag, #WarOnTerrier, and created a petition asking for canine leniency.
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We hope that South Carolina judge shows leniency when he's sentencing that McDonald's worker.
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Justice James M. Burke rejected his pleas for leniency, issuing the relatively long sentence.
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Those spaces are brokered between the city and developers seeking leniency on zoning restrictions.
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Mr. Vance said the district attorneys had balanced leniency with concerns for public safety.
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The conglomerate agreed to pay the world's largest leniency fine for corruption in 2016.
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Gates is cooperating with Mueller's probe in an effort to win leniency at sentencing.
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ABC said Cohen participated in the interviews without a guarantee of leniency for himself.
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But didn't another animal make a bid for leniency decades ago in New York?
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Leniency for smaller banks enjoyed bipartisan support, and Congress directed the Fed to act.
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Crist, the former governor who championed leniency, switched to the Democratic Party in 2012.
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"Prosecutorial discretion is an act of administrative leniency, it is not an entitlement," Short wrote.
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Even write an absurd letter to the judge, as Turner's father did, pleading for leniency.
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And they disagreed with the defendants' plea for leniency on the grounds of civil disobedience.
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Companies linked to corruption but without such leniency deals may be subject to legal challenges.
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The government agency currently offers amnesty programs that many view as unprecedented in their leniency.
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The sentence was condemned by critics as a case of privilege being rewarded with leniency.
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It added that he asked investigators for "leniency" because he cooperated in opening the vault.
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"Saying I'm sorry I got caught is not an inspiring plea for leniency," Jackson said.
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MQAC has also shown greater leniency toward conventional doctors with actual patient complaints of harm.
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America's antitrust apparatus has gone through periods of leniency (1915-35) and stridency (1936-72).
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Others questioned whether a teenager with a less affluent background would have received similar leniency.
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That pardon prompted outrage and accusations that Clinton only granted Rich leniency because of politics.
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Their devotees responded with a petition urging leniency, which swiftly collected more than 200,000 signatures.
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Under the circumstances, Cohen would have little of value to trade with Mueller for leniency.
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You never know who among them will plead someday for prosecutorial leniency for a client.
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It would be highly unusual for the government to grant someone like Mr. Liu leniency.
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Several friends and family members also wrote letters asking the judge for leniency toward Stone.
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Mr. Skalnik always denied that he was promised any sort of leniency for his testimony.
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The standards are subjective, and bank regulators have long erred on the side of leniency.
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Richard said he and Kenny asked for leniency on their loan payments and were rebuffed.
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Hernandez&aposs lawyer requested time served, citing letters from family and friends asking for leniency.
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The only part of my punishment that I ask for leniency on is my deportation.
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A frequent topic was what he saw as the Obama administration's leniency toward drug offenders.
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Before he was sentenced, Mr. Casado expressed remorse for his actions and asked for leniency.
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The defense had asked for leniency for Wilkerson, saying that he was remorseful for his actions.
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His defense this week has called witnesses intended to persuade a military judge to show leniency.
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It's tough to argue that Roof should have been given leniency because of his mental health.
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He is now said to be cooperating fully with Mueller's team in the hopes of leniency.
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Twenty-seven letters of support for Vandemoer were sent to Judge Zobel, all pleading for leniency.
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Joveski said Janeva is under suspicion of offering leniency "to a businessman" in exchange for money.
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Because he breached his plea agreement, Manafort will likely no longer receive leniency during his sentencing.
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As a result, Mueller is no longer required to recommend leniency for Manafort at his sentencings.
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That he will serve the sentence in isolation, however, was a factor meriting leniency, he said.
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The central bank will disclose the existence of leniency deals but keep strategic details under seal.
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Federal prosecutors have separately signed five leniency deals for companies and dozens of individual plea bargains.
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He speaks warmly of early intervention for disadvantaged toddlers, and of leniency towards mildly straying youngsters.
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Lawyers for Hirst had argued that factors including his recent diagnosis of dementia had justified leniency.
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Clearly, he's hoping owning up to the crime will buy him some leniency from the judge.
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In his closing statement, however, he said he understood and regretted the crimes and requested leniency.
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In letters to Judge Troy Nunley before the sentencing, Quinn and Huskins' parents argued against leniency.
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Inmate-1 gave prosecutors information in the hope of obtaining leniency at sentencing, the papers showed.
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New York prosecutors virtually mocked his "sympathetic family history" and belated cooperation in search of leniency.
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In return, prosecutors said they would consider asking the judge for leniency at his eventual sentencing.
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The same goes for cooperation: Prosecutors can recommend leniency but a judge ultimately determines the sentence.
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If she can prove it was for legitimate medical purposes, the case for leniency is stronger.
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Chicago police officers and family members of Van Dyke also testified, asking the court for leniency.
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And he became the ideal man to hand to prosecutors in Mr. Rechnitz's quest for leniency.
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If the latter, prosecutors could ask the whistleblower to testify against Ghosn in return for leniency.
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Deprived of sleep, he was coerced into confessing with false promises of leniency, the complaint said.
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As such, Mr. Trump and others have dismissed his cooperation as a desperate play for leniency.
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" His lawyers asked for leniency, saying Weinstein's life was "destroyed" and that he had "lost everything.
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But the main opposition parties want Mr. Sánchez to promise he will not show such leniency.
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Many lawyers say they could seek leniency by detailing what Giuliani knew about their backers' abroad.
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In December 2018, prosecutors initially recommended leniency for Flynn, citing his cooperation and his military record.
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After he cooperated extensively with prosecutors in the Russia investigation, they recommended leniency in late 2018.
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" Just three months later, Young wrote to the Florida Department of Corrections to request leniency. "Mr.
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Under any conceivable sentencing scheme, some sentences will shock the conscience for leniency, others for severity.
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But it's still taking a gamble on regulatory leniency in the era of Donald J. Trump.
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The Syrian Kurds hope leniency will boost reconciliation and prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State.
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Dannel Malloy has pushed for more leniency in standards set by a court-ordered desegregation case.
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In his letter to the judge urging leniency at Ms. Boone's sentencing, now set for Jan.
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He has claimed, outrageously, that the Justice Department tells witnesses to lie in exchange for leniency.
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He only spoke about three sentences to the judge, asking for leniency before receiving his sentence.
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One defendant, hoping for leniency, said his shoulder wound was caused by mortar shelling of his home.
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Odebrecht, which has construction projects all over the world, is seeking a leniency agreement to minimize penalties.
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A plea by Norman Mailer to the governor of New York, seeking executive leniency on his behalf.
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Okja is great, but it also functions as a billboard for creative freedom and unhinged budgetary leniency.
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"In my view, all leniency does is put a remorseless murderer back on the street," he said.
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He added that other major firms have approached Brazilian prosecutors to sound them out about leniency deals.
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The employees came forward after Huawei promised leniency, Ren said in 2015 at the World Economic Forum.
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It could be because the facts are so horrific that one cannot justify leniency to these killers.
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The bank leniency deals will be limited to administrative sanctions, leaving prosecutors free to present criminal charges.
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"The biggest challenge in relationship to the leniency agreements is judicial security for the companies," she said.
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The company acknowledged in a 2016 leniency deal that it had bribed officials in a dozen countries.
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Wall Street hasn't afforded bricks-and-mortar chains the same leniency when it comes to fulfillment costs.
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In a near-empty courtroom in DC federal court, Ramirez asked Judge Thomas F. Hogan for leniency.
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"This leniency agreement fine does not include the payback of losses to public coffers", the statement said.
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Cohen could look to provide information to Mueller in exchange for a leniency in his own case.
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Fidelidade and Multicare had their fines reduced as they filed a leniency request that assisted the probe.
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A fifth insurer, Seguradoras Unidas, avoided a fine as it was first to make a leniency request.
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The investigation was launched in May 2017 after a leniency request made by Seguradoras Unidas and Fidelidade.
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In the filing, Mueller said Flynn deserved leniency for his cooperation and for his distinguished military career.
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Its charge is to balance leniency with pragmatism: Can an athlete survive at this academically rigorous school?
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In at least nine cases, the government asked for leniency, technically called a variance from sentencing guidelines.
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He lamented his leniency, early in his pontificate, toward an Italian priest who subsequently continued his abuse.
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And the results indicate a continuing trend toward relative leniency since a key 22015 Supreme Court decision.
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And the results indicate a continuing trend toward relative leniency since a key 2005 Supreme Court decision.
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The boy was afraid he would fail an exam, and the commander asked his teacher for leniency.
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Prosecutors cited Mr. Flynn's assistance as grounds for leniency when a judge sentences him on Dec. 18.
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While the prosecutors did not suggest a specific sentence, they said leniency was warranted given Patten's assistance.
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Mr. Howe, asking for leniency, described the atmosphere in Albany that he said drove him to corruption.
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Tarbert told Congress in March he wants to invest in enforcement but does not believe in leniency.
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Some national-security officials contend that this leniency encouraged China to make further forays into disputed territory.
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So please, sir, hear me out -- I have a far more deserving candidate for your leniency consideration.
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By working with your creditor, instead of hiding from them, you're more likely to find some leniency.
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He went on to provide extensive information to prosecutors, who in turn recommended leniency in late 2018.
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But Mr. Curley and Mr. Schultz made emotional appeals for leniency before the sentences were handed down.
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The court also received scores of letters from Mr. Collins's former constituents and others, most opposing leniency.
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In one decision, Sessions further constrained the discretion of immigration judges to show leniency to undocumented immigrants.
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The judge's leniency does not change the fact of Manafort's conviction by a jury of his peers.
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Brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista, which negotiated the leniency deal, are conducting talks to sell Alpargatas themselves.
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Our waffling, leniency and openness will only whet Pyongyang's appetite for extortion and manipulation all the more.
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" On the swamp Referring to a letter supporting Gates' request for leniency, Jackson said, "People corrupt politics.
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That might not sound like a huge difference, but the effect is as large as the leniency officers of all races give to white as opposed to African-American drivers, and about two-thirds the size of the leniency officers give to white as opposed to Hispanic drivers.
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His former company, Chesapeake, has been cooperating with authorities in return for "conditional leniency" from the Justice Department.
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Prior to sentencing, Brock's father, Dan Turner, penned a letter begging the judge for leniency for his son.
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Both agreed to cooperate with prosecutors and testified against McLellan in hopes of leniency when they are sentenced.
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There is no stronger evidence of Trump's leniency with racists than the brazenly normal dress code at Charlottesville.
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At first, Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, had hoped to win leniency by charming the volatile American president.
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That's up to the members—and given what I've seen so far, I'd expect no leniency from them.
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A judge announced the sentencing decision at a hearing today, where Shkreli reportedly cried while pleading for leniency.
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Duffin ruled that authorities had inappropriately promised the then-16-year-old leniency in exchange for his confession.
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Upon his release, I will reach out to express my regret for rejecting the prosecutor's request for leniency.
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Their argument for leniency also cited harsh campaign-trail criticism by Donald Trump and Bergdahl&aposs mental disorders.
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His defense urged leniency and said that Cosby, whose infirmities now include legal blindness, posed no current threat.
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A representative for the former executive said he remained committed to collaborating with authorities under a leniency deal.
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What crimes will Michael Cohen be charged with—and what can he tell prosecutors in exchange for leniency?
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Nor did they express any special understanding or desire for leniency for Steve Stephens because he was black.
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Bottini & Tamasauskas Advogados has been hired to handle the leniency talks, J&F said in an emailed statement.
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Lawyers for troops facing charges of mishandling classified information are using the "Clinton defense" to argue for leniency.
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The policy gives "amnesty" from its honor code and "leniency" to victims or witnesses who report sexual assault.
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These have been essential in uncovering the corruption at Petrobras; dozens of defendants collaborated in return for leniency.
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This is why the filing for no jail time is a request for leniency that borders on lunacy.
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The Trump administration seems determined to end the leniency accorded to border infiltrators who bring children with them.
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But, even a decade ago when Acosta struck the deal, his leniency toward Epstein was atypical, experts say.
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" He closed, in part, by asking Judge Wood to "show leniency to my dad and not to me.
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To be sure, American citizens who commit crimes are not given such leniency, nor should they receive it.
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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said the island would not agree to his surrender in exchange for leniency.
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Those connections may be one of the reasons why the special counsel asked for some leniency toward Cohen.
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He said several foreign oil companies had already approached Brazilian prosecutors to "sound them out" about leniency deals.
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As China's economic and political might grows, the age of leniency for Westerners there just might have expired.
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Until the recent Supreme Court ruling, judges had little leeway for leniency, since various crimes carried mandatory sentences.
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So they may not see the same kind of leniency from school officials that some saw last month.
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"If by chance this honorable judge and honorable inspector find me guilty," he said, "I beg for leniency."
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Many saw the sentence as a glaring example of the leniency that wealthy white-collar criminals often receive.
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Dozens of people filed letters with the court seeking leniency from Judge Kathryn L. Quaintance for Mr. Noor.
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For those on remand, leniency is harder to obtain: Limited access to rehabilitation often worsens their sentencing outcomes.
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The issue will be how long the outbreak continues, and how much leniency those landlords can afford residents.
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In sentencing, mitigating factors weigh in favor of leniency while aggravating factors tip the scales toward harsher punishment.
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The main reason Colonel Visger recommended leniency, he wrote, was lack of evidence that troops had been harmed.
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During deliberations, some officials had argued for more leniency, but administration officials decided the risks outweighed the benefits.
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To complicate matters, I suspect she gets this leniency because she is friends with one of our bosses.
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Once these objectives are achieved, prosecutors have considerable authority and discretion to grant leniency, and they often do.
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Defending one's self, client or friend is a natural instinct, and beseeching leniency is not tantamount to obstruction.
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Yahoo's sources added that Flynn has repeatedly dismissed the possibility of turning against Trump in exchange for leniency.
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The leniency of the available sentence is a failure of the law, not the facts of the case.
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But the government hopes to negotiate leniency next year so that it has fiscal space to cut taxes.
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The leniency fine that Brazil levied on J&F on May 31 is the world's biggest to date.
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But within the past couple of years, IBM appears to have decided the time for leniency was over.
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Comptroller General Wagner Rosario said the leniency deal would allow the company to more easily pursue public contracts.
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Prosecutors had argued in a memo to the court last month that Ms. Boone did not deserve leniency.
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But prosecutors may be loath to offer leniency for Mr. Martin's repeated, brazen violations of his secrecy oath.
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It might be awkward to attack Vance for showing leniency to rich and powerful New Yorkers by declining to prosecute them, when Spitzer himself benefited from a similar kind of prosecutorial leniency in the past (for, to be clear, an infinitely less heinous offense than what Weinstein was accused of).
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My new-found leniency regarding this holiday season rule is all thanks to Trader Joe's new festive sweet treat.
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So they used an algorithm to normalize or modify the grade so that the level of leniency was consistent.
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The president repeated the claim Thursday that Cohen only implicated him in order to win leniency from the judge.
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The leniency deal Odebrecht signed includes $2 billion in fines: the largest such penalty yet levied against any company.
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Past leniency towards badly-behaved bigwigs means South Koreans have often been oblivious to the seriousness of their infractions.
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On behalf of the Blossoms, Cheryl formally forgives FP Jones and asks the court for leniency on his case.
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Persky was a former lacrosse player at Stanford, and advocates have pointed out his leniency toward other college athletes.
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Fortunately he had befriended Maxim Gorky, the godfather of Socialist Realist literature, who personally appealed to Stalin for leniency.
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Before the sentencing, McFarland's lawyer had argued for leniency for his client, claiming that McFarland had undiagnosed mental illnesses.
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But the lessons of one historical parallel reaffirm the idea that the deaths of police tend to discredit leniency.
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And without potentially extremely harsh sentences, cooperators won't come forward to "sell their wares" in order to gain leniency.
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Whether or not a full pardon is appropriate, an evaluation of the facts make clear that he deserves leniency.
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None of their actions aided the public like Snowden's did, but recognition of their public service counted for leniency.
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Steve Wilkos asked the judge for some leniency in his first court appearance since he was charged with DUI.
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And increasing use nationwide — perhaps with an assumption of more leniency — may put more people at risk of arrest.
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"We wrote the rules for the credit system," said Angela Merkel, in response to Mr Renzi's appeals for leniency.
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Prosecutors are seeking a 30-year sentence for the 85033-year-old eye doctor, though Melgen is seeking leniency.
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He invited witnesses from eastern Ukraine to come forward, saying they might be granted leniency in exchange for testimony.
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Papadopoulos cooperated with the investigation and asked the judge for leniency, while prosecutors sought a six-month prison term.
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Is it hypocritical to call for less severe sentences for "regular" criminals while decrying leniency for white-collar defendants?
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He was convicted in 2008 of soliciting prostitution from a minor, though the plea deal's leniency was widely criticized.
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The lawyer's call for leniency has not moved prosecutors working for Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for Manhattan.
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On Monday, a prosecutor in Peru said that country was also close to signing a leniency accord with Odebrecht.
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Mos Def has been banned from the country for five years, but he may appeal to officials for leniency.
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Gautam Shahi, a New Delhi-based antitrust lawyer, said subsequent leniency applications were typically filed to reduce potential penalties.
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The government requested that Mr. Stone be granted leniency despite the fact that he had refused to plead guilty.
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He hasn't been sentenced because he agreed to become a government witness in return for a chance at leniency.
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He denied the defense's request for leniency and sentenced Weissinger to a year in prison and five years' probation.
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Parnas is seeking leniency as he faces federal charges for allegedly funneling money to a pro-Trump election committee.
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Still, given the unforgiving sentencing of perpetrators before her, it may be unlikely that Janavs will receive such leniency.
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NDR said the court granted him leniency since he cooperated with authorities after his arrest and confessed his plans.
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Parnas is seeking leniency as he faces federal charges for allegedly funneling money to a pro-Trump election committee.
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Nonetheless, they urged the court to exercise leniency in sentencing, including the possibility of suspending any possible jail term.
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" Asked what advice he would give offenders seeking leniency, Kupers said: "Find a way to get to Kim Kardashian.
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However, it's unlikely Thakur's plea for leniency will work, according to criminal defense lawyer and legal expert Satish Maneshinde.
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Manafort received inexplicable and undeserved leniency that defendants who are not rich, white and powerful rarely, if ever, get.
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A tweet with a fake quote from her, asking for leniency for Muslims who had raped children, went viral.
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Wu initially contested the charges but said in his closing statement that he understood and regretted them and requested leniency.
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Like Gates, he agreed to cooperate with the special counsel's probe, in a bid for leniency when he is sentenced.
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" The news agency added that the North Korean government deported Sigley on July 4 in an act of "humanitarian leniency.
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What if they strike a deal with Congress before you do, exchanging damaging information against you in exchange for leniency?
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My race or nationality may have meant leniency and access, but they were not a shield against actual, physical violence.
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His former wife asked for leniency to allow Visconi to help take care of their children, according to the newspaper.
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In arguing for leniency, Manafort's lawyers said that the detention had taken a toll on Manafort's physical and psychological health.
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He had cooperated with the investigation and asked the judge for leniency, while prosecutors sought a six-month prison term.
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The comparative leniency towards ABC is probably a consequence of a failure to prove that many illegal transactions took place.
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In return for leniency from Mr Mueller, Mr Manafort has committed to assist the government with "any and all" matters.
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The bill introduces more leniency into the justice system and allows potentially thousands of nonviolent criminals to serve shorter sentences.
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Those mitigating factors, such as Bergdahl&aposs mental health or his time in captivity by Taliban allies, would encourage leniency.
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Potential criminal charges mean you open your wallet in the civil actions, hoping to receive leniency instead of jail time.
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However, because of Fiske's request for leniency, he will be released after serving three years with the remaining 17 suspended.
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J&F's owners Joesley and Wesley Batista signed a leniency deal in May after admitting to bribing almost 1,900 politicians.
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I assume the comically feminine ensemble was meant to garner leniency due to the obvious inherent weakness of women. Eyeroll.
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Late last year Odebrecht agreed to a $2 billion leniency deal with prosecutors in Brazil, the United States and Switzerland.
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" Turner's father asked Judge Persky for leniency, arguing that his son's life shouldn't be ruined by "20 minutes of action.
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Both siblings signed in May plea and leniency deals related to their involvement in a massive corruption scandal in Brazil.
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Experts say Russia uses criminal groups in cyber spying operations in exchange for leniency in their less-than-lawful works.
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J&F said that it has retained Brazilian law firm Trench, Rossi Watanabe to negotiate a leniency deal with prosecutors.
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Those who led chants of "Lock her up!" are not entitled to special leniency in the application of the law.
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Brown had no subpoena power, commanded no FBI agents and had no ability to offer leniency in return for testimony.
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But in a separate filing, special counsel Robert Mueller praised Cohen's cooperation with his own office's investigation and recommended leniency.
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But he also said it was not certain that any request for a leniency deal from Odebrecht would be approved.
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In recent years, the Justice Department has offered companies leniency if they voluntarily disclose possible illegal payments to foreign officials.
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Lawyers for Sheldon Silver, the former State Assembly speaker, have asked a different judge for similar leniency in his case.
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Ultimately, the criminal-leniency agenda will end up hurting the very offenders, families, and communities the reformers want to help.
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Papadopoulos had cooperated with the investigation and asked the judge for leniency, while prosecutors sought a six-month prison term.
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Mr. Rivera's agreement shows that if he fulfilled his end of the deal, prosecutors would seek leniency at his sentencing.
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Under its so-called leniency policy, the European Commission can reduce the fines imposed on companies if they volunteer information.
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Michael Cohen has pleaded guilty to a litany of crimes and cooperated with investigators — all without a deal for leniency.
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The language in the Senate proposal sets the stage for a crackdown in tax leniency for these and other airlines.
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He cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, partly in hopes that it would earn him leniency in his sentencing.
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The efforts at leniency have bipartisan backing, with the biggest debate over just how long the generosity ought to extend.
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Beijing's leniency toward Cameroon could prompt other heavily leveraged nations, such as Ethiopia, Djibouti and Zambia, to expect similar treatment.
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A 2013 update to Brazil's penal code made it easier to turn defendants into cooperating witnesses by offering them leniency.
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However, police said on Tuesday that BRF's cooperation was not linked to any binding agreement regarding a potential leniency deal.
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It also reached deferred prosecution agreements in Britain and the United States, as well as a leniency agreement in Brazil.
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She says the teleféricos—and the government's leniency towards vendors selling smuggled goods—allow her to eke out a living.
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Asked to explain its leniency, Raiffeisen told the FT that Austrian bank secrecy laws prevented it from discussing the project.
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South Koreans have grown weary of endemic corruption and the country's traditional leniency toward tycoons accused of white-collar crimes.
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Before the sentencing, his lawyer, David Ruhnke, read a letter from Al Farekh that asked the judge to show leniency.
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Bankers describe almost daily phone calls from regulators, telling them to show leniency on debt repayments, particularly from smaller businesses.
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Mary Boone, a veteran New York gallerist once lauded as the "Queen of the Art Scene," pleaded for leniency Thursday.
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If he's hoping to get some of the charges dropped and some sentencing leniency, this might be his last chance.
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Others pointed to the trajectory of artists like Roman Polanski as an example of the entertainment industry's longstanding moral leniency.
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He had been facing up to 23 years in federal lockup, but is now hoping the judge will provide leniency.
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Prosecutors had not suggested a specific sentence but said leniency was warranted given Patten's cooperation with the special counsel's probe.
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Flynn knew better than to lie to the FBI and does not deserve sentencing leniency, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday.
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Flynn knew better than to lie to the FBI and does not deserve sentencing leniency, U.S. prosecutors said last December.
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As he fielded guilty pleas throughout 2015, Davis thought about how he might offer leniency to the conspiracy's least culpable members.
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Before he was sentenced, Dean Skelos told the judge he was "deeply remorseful," and both men urged leniency for the other.
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And a top commander will also review the case and consider arguments for leniency, as is standard in Army legal cases.
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Could it be that the EU's leniency toward France and Spain has a lot to do with their lower public debt?
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The agency added that the release of the student was in fact evidence of "humanitarian leniency" from the North Korean government.
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Brazilian rules for corporate leniency deals call for fines of somewhere between 2.33 percent and 20 percent of their annual sales.
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They contrast his pursuit of Mr Anaya with his apparent leniency towards members of the PRI who are suspected of corruption.
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New data from PitchBook exploring the performance of billion-dollar-plus VC exits confirms Wall Street's leniency toward unprofitable tech companies.
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The judge's order claims the investigators promised Dassey prosecutorial leniency in exchange for his cooperation during his March 1, 2006, interrogation.
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If officials show leniency, they are accused of chasing growth, but if they come down hard, they are considered brittle bureaucrats.
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Still, Chancellor was optimistic that ALKS5461 would get approved, based on the FDA's historic leniency when it comes to approving antidepressants.
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Braskem said in a securities filing that decision completes approval for its global leniency accord with U.S., Swiss and Brazilian authorities.
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Prosecutorial discretion, encouraged during the Obama years partly as a way to show leniency where merited, has been all but eliminated.
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In court, Macfarlane apologized for the "worst set of decisions" in his life, as a defense lawyer argued he deserved leniency.
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Cohen's sentencing is certain to inspire reaction from Trump, who has attacked his former confidant as a liar undeserving of leniency.
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" He added that Cohen may say what he needs to get "leniency" -- and "that doesn't necessarily mean he tells the truth.
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The long-awaited leniency deal between Odebrecht and prosecutors would allow the company to return to bidding for public works projects.
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Prosecutors recommended leniency, citing his assistance and noting he had provided significant intelligence about drug traffickers in the city's Albanian community.
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The company is controlled by the Batista's holding company J&F Investimentos, which is negotiating a leniency agreement with Brazilian prosecutors.
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The deal Corsi is discussing with Mueller's team could result in him pleading guilty in exchange for leniency, the Post reported.
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It was that bipartisan push for leniency for Rubashkin that the White House used as an explanation for the president's decision.
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Jackson's finding means that the special counsel is no longer bound to recommend any leniency for Manafort when he is sentenced.
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They invariably confessed to committing crimes and apologized, asking North Korea for leniency and urging their governments to facilitate their release.
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They may describe dire consequences if he does not come clean, perhaps the death penalty, and imply leniency if he does.
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Guzmán could also offer information on rivals or corrupt government agents in both countries in exchange for some form of leniency.
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They're all former high-level drug traffickers who've cut deals with the government in exchange for leniency in their own cases.
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It is both an opportunity for lawyers to argue for leniency, and for prosecutors to spot potential weaknesses in their case.
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Trump seems willing to risk losing an important member of his administration to continue his campaign for more leniency toward Stone.
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In any ordinary Justice Department, a president publicly calling for leniency toward a close personal ally would set off alarm bells.
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Ms. Omar responded to Mr. Carlineo's guilty plea in Federal District Court in Rochester by urging leniency when he is sentenced.
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He was facing 20 years in prison and said he signed the cooperation papers "in the hopes of leniency" at sentencing.
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Linda Kerns, a civil litigation lawyer and a Philadelphia native, has suggested that the Free Library's leniency was a bad precedent.
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The court's decision led to a flood of requests for the same leniency from others imprisoned for kidnapping, torture and murder.
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My family and I appreciate your consideration for leniency, and I hope and pray that you will give that to me.
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Manning was ultimately acquitted of the aiding the enemy charge, but she did not receive the leniency she had counted on.
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Even though the legislative changes would offer more leniency, "it's not like abortion rights for everybody, it's still very restricted," said Lesage.
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However, in this instance, the finding of guilt under these particular circumstances raises questions that should counsel leniency with regard to sentencing.
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The settlement meant Brazil's sweeping graft investigations have now led to the world's two biggest leniency fines ever levied, Brazilian prosecutors said.
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Atilla's lawyers have urged leniency, saying the case did not involve "economic crimes" or a "crime of American disloyalty" by their client.
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Among others asking for leniency for Stone were Democratic political consultant Hank Sheinkopf and former New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino.
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But the same survey found that only 48% of people who have been hit with a late fee have asked for leniency.
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What does Mr Manafort know about Russian election manipulation, and will he divulge that information to Mr Mueller in exchange for leniency?
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The messier the debate, the more leniency they were granted to enrich themselves even more—and the cycle played on and on.
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The unusual plea for leniency by the tough prosecutor stirred a wave of opposition and criticism in the previously supportive black community.
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Mr Cohen, who has fallen out with Mr Trump in recent months, has been cooperating with Mr Mueller in hope of leniency.
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Last year, Richardson was accused of leniency toward All-Pro defensive end Greg Hardy, who was charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend.
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Macri's administration supports a bill that would allow companies to be punished for corruption and also enable them to sign leniency agreements.
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In 2016, it acknowledged in a leniency deal that it had bribed officials in a dozen countries to secure public works contracts.
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Compliance departments should view the agency's accountability and leniency policies as an attempt by the regulator to encourage self-reporting of violations.
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Settlements could involve fines or other punishments, while leniency agreements offered to some companies that cooperate offer them full or partial immunity.
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Then, his voice breaking at times, he did what his father had done minutes before: ask for leniency, but not for himself.
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Beijing will not sell North Korea down the river in exchange for Trump's leniency on large, and growing, trade deficits with China.
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Trying to negotiate leniency on North Korea for illusory Chinese concessions on trade will result in an additional double loss for America.
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In the Odebrecht leniency deal, finalized with Brazilian prosecutors earlier this month, the firm agreed to pay 6.9 billion reais in fines.
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Brothers and J&F's owners Joesley and Wesley Batista signed a leniency deal in May after admitting to bribing almost 1,900 politicians.
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"Without leniency on the part of prosecutors … that's going to be a heavy hit for him particularly at his age," he said.
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"We have one space left, there is only one company remaining that will be awarded a leniency deal with us," he said.
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Another reason that Kodak may have received some perceived leniency is that several label execs showed up to testify on his behalf.
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The players who could be asked to take on such an assignment are so rare that Talib essentially creates his own leniency.
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The agency's lawsuit was a stark departure from decades of leniency toward similar tie-ups, including Comcast's acquisition of NBCUniversal in 2011.
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The Turks have sought leniency in the sanction process, and the extradition of Mr. Attila to serve a prison sentence in Turkey.
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Research by Mark Bennett, Justin Levinson, and Koichi Hioki shows that the leniency Manafort received is fairly typical for white-collar defendants.
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In seeking leniency, the lawyers noted Mr. Cohen had met voluntarily seven times with Mr. Mueller's office, also without a formal deal.
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Federal judges in Manhattan have imposed prison sentences on cooperating witnesses in major corruption cases, even when the government has endorsed leniency.
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Perhaps he is motivated by a hope for leniency, perhaps by fidelity to the institutions he spent much of his lifetime serving.
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Mr. Mueller said that breached the terms of the deal and voided all promises of leniency — but not Mr. Manafort's guilty plea.
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When Darren's killer went on trial, Lisa wanted to forgive him and ask the court for leniency, but that proved wrenching, too.
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Still, in imposing a sentence that was less than a quarter of the recommended minimum, Judge Chen showed Mr. Trujillo, 64, leniency.
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The government is also considering encouraging banks to provide leniency on repayments of loans including mortgages and automobile loans, the official said.
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"PTO and sick leave policies should be revisited to allow for potential exemptions and leniency in these kinds of situations," Ho shared.
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So in her view, the app could have given a bit more leniency to sleepers like me to avoid any unnecessary anxiety.
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But the following day, the Justice Department, in a memo Crabb signed, asked for more leniency and a lesser sentence for Stone.
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It was a good idea, but it was undercut by the fact that prosecutors rarely make explicit promises of leniency before trial.
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But he never signed an official cooperation agreement with the Manhattan US attorney's office, which opposed his bid for leniency at sentencing.
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These are false and forced frameworks, providing illusory freedom, as time provides illusory leniency when we, in anguish, let it pass monotonously.
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A man from Lebanon believed he would get leniency for providing information to the F.B.I. Instead, he was arrested on terrorism charges.
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"The government's case is based on the testimony of mercenaries, who traded their testimonies for leniency," Lambert, the Guzmán team lawyer, said.
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In 2016, Odebrecht acknowledged in a leniency deal that it had bribed officials in a dozen countries to secure public works contracts.
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So in her view, the app could have given a bit more leniency to sleepers like me to avoid any unnecessary anxiety.
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As we told you ... Tekashi and his family and friends have done what they can to plead to the judge for leniency.
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Tremaine Jackson, 43, an AZDPS trooper for about 13 years, used his position of authority to "bargain leniency for favor," Milstead said.
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While the leniency agreement with prosecutors already shielded Odebrecht from prosecution, the deal announced on Monday gives the company added legal protections.
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In writing to the prosecutor, he may have hoped for leniency, but in January he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Before his sentence was handed down, more than 40 defense witnesses asked for leniency before Pawlowski spoke in defeated tones to the judge.
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State prosecutors sought a 15-year sentence for Kim, but his defense attorney requested leniency on account of his old age, KCNA said.
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Odebrecht acknowledged in a 33 leniency deal that it had bribed officials in a dozen Latin American countries to secure public works contracts.
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In that case, neither side has advocated for a specific sentence — prosecutors have argued for a harsh penalty, while Manafort asked for leniency.
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Short's memo told attorneys they were no longer required to check the email inbox used to receive requests for leniency from immigration attorneys.
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South Koreans are fed up with the culture of impunity at its chaebol; many will see the court's decision as leniency towards them.
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His attorneys have argued his interrogators made false promises of leniency and fed him facts about the killing that he didn't actually know.
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The judge's order claims the detectives who were investigating Halbach's murder promised Dassey prosecutorial leniency in exchange for his cooperation during his interrogation.
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In light of the new federal charges of sex trafficking brought this week, the earlier deal has faced widespread criticism for its leniency.
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The question now is whether, and how far, Mr Manafort and Mr Cohen will turn against their former boss in return for leniency.
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But on Twitter Monday, the president objected to Cohen's lawyers requesting leniency in his sentencing based on his cooperation with multiple federal investigations.
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Defense attorneys argued for leniency, citing Bergahl&aposs five years in Taliban captivity, campaign-trail criticism by Donald Trump and his mental disorders.
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In overturning Dassey's conviction, the judge cited interrogators' promise of leniency On Friday, a federal judge overturned Dassey's murder conviction, deeming it illegal.
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Camargo Correa said in a statement that it had already signed a leniency deal and it was open to further collaboration with authorities.
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The decision disappointed reformers who had hoped the sentence represented a break from the leniency shown by judges towards businessmen in corruption cases.
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Many have also criticized Turner's father, Dan Turner, who penned a letter begging the judge for leniency for his son prior to sentencing.
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Equally, any sign of leniency could at the same time complicate the Commission's already tense discussions with Rome about keeping its deficit down.
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Mueller was accused of acting like a dirty cop and attempting to coerce witnesses like Jerome Corsi to lie in exchange for leniency.
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The decision, announced in an emailed statement, makes it increasingly unlikely that opponents of the leniency deal will be able to derail it.
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The judge told Soulja he was originally considering sentencing him to 2 years in state prison but decided to give him some leniency.
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The judge's order states the detectives who were investigating Halbach's murder promised Dassey prosecutorial leniency in exchange for his cooperation during his interrogation.
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Activists say Hong Kong's leniency has made it attractive to mainland China for illegal products such as ivory, rhino horns and pangolin scales.
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" She also added, "The fact that Brock was an athlete at a private university should not be seen as an entitlement to leniency.
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Such leniency has in the past drawn criticism from northern European states, including Germany, which plans to keep a balanced budget until 2020.
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Lenders could feel the pinch of hefty fines imposed on some clients seeking Car Wash-related plea bargains and leniency deals, Corfield said.
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But after some debate they decided to urge leniency for Mr. Bales despite his guilty plea to 16 killings in a small village.
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Wittingly or otherwise, it appears that Washington — enervated and perhaps in want of an "out" — is closer to entertaining greater leniency toward Pyongyang.
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Negotiations for a leniency agreement, which missed a Friday deadline because of differences over the value of a potential settlement, resumed on Monday.
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Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici defended Wednesday's leniency by pointing to growing public doubts about Europe reflected in the Brexit referendum vote last month.
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"This clemency authority empowers the president to exercise leniency towards persons who have committed federal crimes," The White House explained in its response.
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Close relationships on both sides of the negotiating table create not only a disinclination to play hardball but also career incentives for leniency.
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The letter, which is also signed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, is an impassioned plea for leniency.
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United States attorneys for the Southern District of New York opposed leniency for Cohen because they believe he withheld evidence of criminal conduct.
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Investigators then work their way up the chain of command by offering leniency in exchange for cooperation and testimony against higher-level conspirators.
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The measure also includes a provision for companies to sign leniency agreements lessening their punishments in exchange for providing pertinent information to prosecutors.
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He said he took into account Mr. Bates's failing health and dozens of letters written by members of the community asking for leniency.
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But since taking the White House, his administration has stirred fears among marijuana advocates that officials would crack down on the leniency laws.
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York had opposed leniency for Cohen and said he was a liar who withheld evidence.
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If Gates provides significant help to Mueller's team, they could ask the judge for leniency -- possibly even no prison time -- at his sentencing.
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The brothers signed a leniency deal in May after admitting to bribing almost 1,900 politicians to obtain cheap government loans for their businesses.
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Brock's friend Leslie Rasmussen and his father, Dan Turner, both penned letters campaigning for leniency in Brock's sentencing and they are something else.
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Some argued for leniency given Mr. Levine's strong professional record; others said the Met should be ashamed for not having fired him sooner.
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Administration officials said that after the conviction, people around Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi sought to push her toward a position of leniency.
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At his sentencing, several Holland Christian teachers wrote to the judge asking for leniency, because he was a "good kid," the suit said.
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" Asked if he would provide prosecutors information about Mr. Trump in return for leniency, Mr. Cohen replied, "I put family and country first.
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That leniency, prosecutors say, was emblematic of a "grand accord" by the defendants to turn Olympics-related spending into opportunities for personal gain.
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Indeed, several of Mr. Vance's friends and campaign contributors recalled times he had rejected their arguments for leniency on behalf of a client.
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Jeremy I. Lessem, Mr. Pinedo's lawyer, said afterward that he was disappointed that prosecutors made no plea for leniency given Mr. Pinedo's cooperation.
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These facts shine a light on another cultural and economic misconception that may be at the root of these ill-advised leniency policies.
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J&F's leniency fine, the world's biggest to date, was imposed after members of the Batista family admitted to bribing scores of politicians.
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The police were drawn from their ranks, and the courts, dependent upon their votes, treated them with such leniency as to encourage lawlessness.
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The police were drawn from their ranks, and the courts, dependent upon their votes, treated them with such leniency as to encourage lawlessness.
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But then Turner, a student at an elite university in a prestigious athletic program, was rewarded with leniency precisely because of his privilege.
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In his first interview since striking a leniency agreement with Brazilian prosecutors, Batista told Época that Temer asked for money several times since 2010.
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The leniency is perhaps best explained by Foresea not only being "powerful," but also "good," until a change in political tides late last year.
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Helen's family members also asked for leniency, saying that she was an overwhelmed maternal figure who was unable to say no to her son.
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But in the courtroom today, Sullivan lashed into Flynn, suggested leniency wasn't coming and told the retired general he should consider delaying the sentencing.
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"He came forward to offer evidence against the most powerful person in the country," Guy Petrillo told the court in a bid for leniency.
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It's unclear, but if the men are offered a chance to exchange information for leniency in sentencing, they may dish on the attorney's involvement.
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The move could help him win leniency in his criminal case, in which prosecutors have balked at allowing him to become a cooperating witness.
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And one reaffirmed loyalty to King Salman and his son, Mohammed bin Salman, in hopes of getting leniency from the court, trial documents show.
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Outgoing Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb presided over 2 years of relative leniency toward novel drug therapies, according to an Evaluate analysis.
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Odebrecht SA, Latin America's largest engineering conglomerate, is selling assets after signing a leniency deal related to its involvement in Brazil's worst corruption scandal.
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If anyone cut a deal or got leniency in return for snitching on the rapper ... the lawyers want to know, and they want names.
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"During the investigation Vo admitted guilt and submitted a letter asking for leniency and promising not to commit the same crime again," it said.
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" Despite sharing "bad guy" roles, Teigen acknowledges that Legend is still the "easier" parent — though she says his leniency is only with "meaningless stuff.
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The defense is likely to argue for leniency, maybe pointing to Mr. Cosby's past philanthropy, and emphasizing his current age, 80, and frail health.
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Persky's decision to offer leniency to convicted rapist stands in stark contrast with the platform he ran on for his judgeship on in 2002.
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About half of those were known to be negotiating leniency agreements with the federal government, a measure permitted under Brazil's 2013 anti-corruption law.
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This time around, the former Church committee group is asking for leniency since it doesn't believe that a full pardon is a feasible outcome.
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John O'Reilly as an example of leniency in a country where the Roman Catholic church has long held powerful sway in politics and society.
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For Apple, the hope is that adding more leniency to the trade-in program will encourage more customers to actually take advantage of it.
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The Batistas, who control holding company J&F Investimentos SA, have agreed to pay 10.3 billion reais ($3.1 billion) in fines in leniency deal.
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It is important for everyone who's inclined to leniency, Obama in particular, to recognize that this option is for all practical purposes now closed.
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"Now the leniency deal is a reality, we believe that Odebrecht can downsize assets and liabilities at a faster pace," one senior banker said.
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His lawyers argued in a 16-page defense memo that Papadopoulos was "eager to show his value to the campaign" and should receive leniency.
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In that case, Waksal's lawyer had argued for leniency in part by noting that the defendant's work had been in service of cancer patients.
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During Monday's episode of the "Wendy Williams Show," Wendy Williams said that Felicity Huffman's race and privilege contributed to the leniency of her sentence.
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In addition to plea deals with individuals, federal prosecutors have separately signed five leniency deals with companies for lighter sentences in return for information.
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British police have been notified of the incoming change in regulations, which Barton hopes will encourage leniency, but the criminality of clandestine use remains.
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Plea bargains and leniency deals, relatively new legal tools in Brazil, have been key to cracking the case and helping investigators find hard evidence.
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Like the sentencing of Robert Lloyd Schellenberg this week, Shaikh's death sentence prompted outrage in the West and appeals for leniency from his government.
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Some of the pope's most high-profile critics have made the most of this leniency, at times challenging the very premise of papal authority.
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Williams told police in exchange for leniency in another case that Miller had confessed to him that he killed Mullen, the court records show.
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Just before the judge, Susan D. Wigenton, rendered her decision, Ms. Kelly spoke through tears as she sought leniency and asked for home confinement.
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Except for MUFG, the banks identified by the commission on Thursday applied for leniency and received lesser fines in exchange for cooperating with investigators.
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He has hinted publicly and has stated explicitly in private that he is eager to tell prosecutors what he knows in exchange for leniency.
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Omar, one of the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress, asked for leniency in a letter to the judge in Carlineo's case.
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I ask that you choose the new future over leniency and partake in the world me and this incredible team are here to build.
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His lawyers had asked for leniency ahead of the sentencing due to preexisting health issues that put him in the hospital during the trial.
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Barr has pressed for leniency toward Flynn as he headed to sentencing -- and Flynn has pushed for a sentence where he would avoid prison.
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Related: A week after acquitting the president, Republican senators have said little as he purges perceived enemies and publicly seeks leniency for Mr. Stone.
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Mr. Wilson faulted progressives for a squishy leniency and conservatives for divorcing the project of rigorous learning from any sense of excitement or fun.
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Republicans demanded a raft of rules in the name of keeping dangerous youth off the street, while Democrats want more leniency for lesser offenses.
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Before he was sentenced, Mr. Rechnitz apologized to Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein for his "criminal and moral" behavior, and asked the judge for leniency.
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"The American people would be justified in feeling that there has been some miscarriage of justice here in the leniency of this sentence," Sen.
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Brussels looks set to put Italy on a looser leash, having already indicated leniency toward France over its spending concessions following violent street protests.
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Eligibility to return as a Petrobras contractor followed Odebrecht's leniency agreements with Brazilian and U.S. prosecutors in connection with that probe, the filing said.
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Their leniency was contingent on his cooperation -- but his cooperation fell through when he lied in interviews with Mueller and to a grand jury.
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But federal prosecutors, in a separate filing, argued that no leniency should be shown, accusing both defendants of repeatedly committing perjury during their trial.
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Her mother, Mary Miles Harvey, wrote to the court asking for leniency, saying that she did not raise her daughter to be a racist.
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Those other potential charges were the leverage that Mr. Mueller successfully used to pressure Mr. Flynn to flip and cooperate in exchange for leniency.
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A probation officer recommended leniency for Turner, who was convicted of three felony counts of sexual assault, because of his lack of prior convictions.
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For example, in 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder issued a new policy giving prosecutors more discretion to exercise leniency in charging, plea and sentencing decisions.
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Mueller, in asking for leniency for Flynn, had cited Flynn's help in uncovering contacts between Russian government officials and members of Trump's presidential transition team.
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But he ultimately said Zazi's assistance to the government, described in court documents the judge said were "unprecedented, in my experience," had earned him leniency.
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He was sentenced to 10 years of drug-and-alcohol-free probation for intoxication manslaughter, a punishment condemned by critics as privilege rewarded with leniency.
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In imposing a lighter sentence, Abrams said she recognized that there were reasons for leniency, but that Park's conduct nonetheless warranted a "very substantial" sentence.
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But, the simple fact that he willingly speaks on these topics (and shows even a little leniency) reflects a desire to engage a larger public.
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Defending someone's humanity in no way requires leniency — in fact, it was by virtue of their personhood that Christ held them responsible for their sins.
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Public opinion has in recent years grown less tolerant of leniency extended to the heads of conglomerates, or chaebols, for the sake of the economy.
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BRASILIA, July 31 (Reuters) - Brazil's controller general and solicitor general said on Wednesday they had signed a leniency agreement with engineering group Camargo Correa SA .
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U.S. officials should make very clear that Washington will hold the principals of this conspiracy accountable and consider leniency for those who abandon the regime.
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In a letter to the judge, pleading for leniency, Mr Weiner wrote that his actions ruined his marriage and "crushed the aspirations" of his wife.
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Cohen had hoped that his assistance with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation would earn him leniency, and had asked for no prison time at all.
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He has heeded some calls from the West to show more leniency toward political opposition, but opponents say their freedom to operate remains severely limited.
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Argentine prosecutors investigating Odebrecht have said the country lacks a legal mechanism for companies to reach a leniency agreement like the one signed in Brazil.
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Canterbury bucked other national law enforcement figures in supporting the administration-backed measure that granted leniency on minimum sentencing rules, which passed late last year.
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Also relevant to leniency is that Snowden showed prudence by furnishing his documents to media organizations instead of just posting them on the internet wholesale.
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"I think the judge might show her leniency, given her mental health issues and medications," as a psychiatrist testified about in her trial, Medwed said.
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Couch was sentenced to 10 years of drug-and-alcohol-free probation for intoxication manslaughter, a punishment condemned by critics as privilege rewarded with leniency.
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It began with its own controversy, after 10 potential jurors in Santa Clara County refused to serve in his courtroom citing objections about his leniency.
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In December, Odebrecht signed the world's largest leniency deal with Brazilian, U.S. and Swiss prosecutors and admitted bribing politicians across Latin America and in Africa.
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And, let's face it, putting one's hopes in the basket of gaining leniency by virtue of a president's clemency power is often a fool's errand.
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"They'll be told that if they confess to something they may be able to expect a degree of leniency," he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
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But here they did not lead to charges for anyone higher up in the campaign or White House, effectively making them leniency for leniency's sake.
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It is rolling back Obama-era leniency efforts for nonviolent drug offenders, many of whom are not violent criminals but often addicts, or simply desperate.
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More charges may follow the indictment, which is based on testimony given by a disgruntled former PT senator, Delcídio do Amaral, in return for leniency.
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That's because almost to a person, the crimes that Trump has selected for leniency are ones that he might be on the hook for himself.
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Over the next month, Caswick worked with a local youth organization called ReThink and his public defender, Joseph Roam, to develop a case for leniency.
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Bates' attorneys have sought leniency, saying their client has been diagnosed with a host of medical conditions, including sleep apnea, cardiovascular problems and low testosterone.
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Thursday's calls for leniency in the case were made on the sidelines of a high profile business forum in Moscow which President Vladimir Putin attended.
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Newspaper Valor Econômico had earlier said Odebrecht was close to signing a leniency agreement under which it would pay around 7 billion reais in fines.
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"There's a kind of leniency that may develop around rules and how we approach them once they decide on focusing on comfort care," he says.
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Judge McKeon also cited statements from the victim's mother and maternal grandmother, both of whom acknowledged the "horrible" nature of the crime while seeking leniency.
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It is likely that these meetings included "off the record" discussions about what Flynn could provide Mueller in exchange for leniency in charging or sentencing.
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The Times's Benjamin Weiser tells us: Judges preparing to sentence a criminal often get letters from the defendant's family members and friends begging for leniency.
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The charges carry the potential for roughly 20 years in prison, putting pressure on Mr. Manafort to provide information on others in exchange for leniency.
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He came to recognize that as a younger officer he had often zeroed in on juveniles, giving them extra scrutiny, more tickets and less leniency.
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When a child has a fever, for example, parents will take turns staying at home with the child, with most employers showing understanding and leniency.
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Odebrecht acknowledged in a 2016 leniency deal that it had bribed officials in a dozen Latin American countries, including Peru, to secure public works contracts.
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In a telephone interview, Mr. Banks's lawyer, Mark Scruggs, said he planned to ask the judge for leniency, and if that failed, he would appeal.
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The move, in theory, could rebut any arguments other criminal defendants will try to make in the future, claiming behavior like Stone's deserves more leniency.
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His lawyer argued for leniency, saying that he was a working father of two and a primary caregiver to his older son, who has autism.
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Speaking on behalf of Chit Su Win, the journalists' lawyer, Khin Maung Zaw, appealed directly to Suu Kyi to show leniency towards the young fathers.
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Wouldn't it be ironic if Flynn implicates the Swamp-Drainer-In-Chief in the Russia scandal in exchange for leniency for his own lobbying transgressions?
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Testifying before Congress could help him win leniency in his criminal case, in which prosecutors have been coy about letting him become a cooperating witness.
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Mr. Díaz also wrote a letter to the judge urging leniency in the sentencing of Mr. Cedeno, who lives in his district in the Bronx.
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Authorities said the program was designed to provide high-profile examples of companies that received leniency because of their cooperation, encouraging more to disclose bribery.
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" Fewer opportunities for leniency In a policy paper, Klobuchar wrote that she would "seek to hold judges more accountable by monitoring the sentences they impose.
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But CNN legal commentator Carrie Cordero suggested that the judge's decision to show leniency also could serve to undermine arguments that Manafort deserved further mercy.
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Mr. Denbeaux told Judge Hellerstein during a hearing before the trial that he never thought to ask for a letter promising leniency for his client.
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Ethan was sentenced in Tarrant County to 10 years of drink- and drug-free probation, which critics saw as leniency because of his family's wealth.
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Her loved ones wrote letters of support to the judge Macy and other loved ones submitted letters to Talwani on Huffman's behalf, pleading for leniency.
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They submitted 45 pages of letters asking for leniency from Patten's family, friends, his AA sponsor and even his childhood babysitter growing up in Maine.
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When it came time for Pokora's sentencing, his attorney argued for leniency by contending that his client had lost the ability to differentiate play from crime.
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Mr. Trump added he&aposs also considering leniency for two stars of his former TV show, making this White House once again seem detached from reality.
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Today Michelle Carter will learn whether her encouragement of her 210-year-old boyfriend's 2741741 suicide will result in leniency or a long time behind bars.
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Fattah called his conviction "the most disappointing event" of his life, according to The Philly Voice and urged the judge to have leniency on others involved.
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Prosecutors counter, however, that he "deserves no leniency for being thwarted in his attempts to exploit more children than he already had," according to the documents.
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Odebrecht's media office said in an emailed response that it was fully cooperating with authorities on all investigations, as the leniency deal the company signed demands.
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Mathew Rodriguez, a staff writer at the LGBT-focused website Into, said RuPaul should not be afforded any leniency based on his status or star power.
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The company in December signed the world's largest leniency deal with Brazilian, U.S. and Swiss prosecutors and admitted bribing politicians across Latin America and in Africa.
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Shechtman submitted dozens of support letters to the court, including pleas for leniency from Caspersen's wife, friends, and even the doorman of his Manhattan co-op.
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Asking for leniency, his attorney, Paul Shechtman presented evidence to show the 40-year-old father of two had been gripped by a pathological gambling addiction.
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For example, in 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder issued a new policy giving federal prosecutors more discretion to exercise leniency in charging, plea and sentencing decisions.
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Joesley, the youngest of the Batista siblings and a central figure in the family's leniency deal, is conducting talks to sell Alpargatas himself, the people added.
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But the scale of U.S. penalties is no reason to exercise leniency on VW's regulatory offence, a spokesman for the Braunschweig prosecutor's office said on Monday.
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Like Adora, she has used and abused the leniency of the local doctors and hospitals to be prescribed little pills for every ailment under the sun.
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As prosecutors found "grave irregularities" during the investigation, companies would be required to carry out a root-and-branch restructure as part of any leniency deal.
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Scores of the more than 200 people killed in the 2002 bombings of Bali nightclubs were Australian and Canberra has previously urged against leniency for Bashir.
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His letter responds to a letter written by Turner's father, Dan, to Judge Aaron Persky, in which he begged the judge for leniency for his son.
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Those offering support at Abbott's trial included Jean Malaquais and Susan Sarandon, part of a group of intellectuals and artists claiming Abbott's literary talent merited leniency.
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Firms that expose price-fixing rings can expect leniency: in the truck case, MAN was the first to step forward and may avoid a fine altogether.
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Several have given collaborating testimony to prosecutors regarding illegal payments in exchange for leniency, made possible by a new "Repentance Law" passed by Congress in 2016.
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Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said "big tech" should not be shown "leniency" when it comes to the landmark Fair Housing Act, which HUD claims Facebook violated.
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As with many noncriminal motives cited by Mueller, this ultimately could be a pitch for leniency for an aide who was fired and his career ruined.
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A new report from The Washington Post claims that YouTube moderation favors leniency for the platform's most popular channels — like Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg and Logan Paul.
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Not always While the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy vows to prosecute every person who crosses the border illegally, there appears to be some leniency.
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His lawyer asked for leniency, saying MacFarlane was going through "period of depression and self loathing following his divorce," according to Law 360 reporter Chris Villani.
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The first false promise you spotted was the European Union elites' lazy leniency, their false friendship toward one another and to the challenges of our times.
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Police say this kind of leniency is needed so they don't have to worry about the legal consequences as they make potentially lifesaving, split-second decisions.
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In December, Odebrecht signed a leniency accord with prosecutors, agreeing to pay 6.7 billion reais ($1.9 billion), admit guilt and offer details of bribes it paid.
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Japanese company Asahi's fine was reduced by 22014 percent to 219 million due to leniency, while Blegium's Soliver received a fine of just 22016 million euros.
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Presumably that was the intention, and one purpose of the indictment is to gain leverage to persuade Manafort to testify against others in exchange for leniency.
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Yet murder clearly wasn't an act of "empowerment" for them; we bear witness as they beg for forgiveness and argue over whether they deserve any leniency.
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Weinstein's defense team's request for leniency citing his poor health was rejected by presiding Judge James Burke, and Gilmore anticipates a similar result in California courts.
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While Session's memorandum cracks down hard on sentencing leniency, it does include allowance for some exceptions, the specifics of which are largely unclear at this time.
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Still, some say that they struggle to be dedicated employees (or lawmakers) and parents at the same time, and expect some leniency when they bend tradition.
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They have cast doubt on the reliability of witnesses who implicated him, asserting that the witnesses testified in return for leniency in their own corruption cases.
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In seeking leniency, they described a broken man, one who had sunk deep into depression and had come to rely on alcohol to finish each day.
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But despite both sides recommending leniency, Jackson said she struggled to decide an appropriate sentence in light of the severity of Gates and Manafort's financial scheme.
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For example, in 2010 Attorney General Eric Holder issued a new policy giving federal prosecutors more discretion to exercise leniency in charging, plea and sentencing decisions.
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The prosecution then revoked its recommendation for leniency two weeks ago, saying that the former three-star Army general had refused to cooperate in recent months.
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It's also a gamble by Bondy to establish Parnas' value as a witness, which -- if successful -- could win him an audience with prosecutors and possibly leniency.
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In an apparent attempt to ease anger over the killing and arrest of protesters, senior leaders urged leniency and promised compensation for peaceful demonstrators who died.
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He simply isn't going to give away too much leniency in the biggest case of the century and in his life, and the president knows that.
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Privately owned public spaces, commonly known as POPS, are areas that developers have agreed to provide the public in exchange for leniency on certain zoning requirements.
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Tekashi 6ix9ine deserves a much lighter prison sentence due to his cooperation -- AKA snitching -- according to federal prosecutors who are officially asking the judge for leniency.
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He tried to cooperate with prosecutors in a bid for leniency, but he wanted to do it on his own terms, declining to discuss many topics.
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The ruling decreases any chance that Judge Jackson will show Mr. Manafort leniency, although legal experts have said that sentencing guidelines already made that highly unlikely.
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The brief duration of Kjar's role in the six-week occupation and his lack of a prior criminal record both factored in the leniency of his sentence.
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In 2016, it acknowledged in a leniency deal that it had bribed officials in a dozen countries to secure public works contracts, dating back over a decade.
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" It added that Sigley had "honestly admitted his spying acts ... and repeatedly asked for pardon," and that Sigley was eventually deported in an act of "humanitarian leniency.
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In reality, they want a solid, 1-2 weeks of leniency before they are expected to really produce anything — which in this example would amount to $240,2000.
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Last week's judicial order holds the detectives who were investigating Halbach's murder promised Dassey prosecutorial leniency in exchange for his cooperation during his March 1, 2006, interrogation.
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J&F-controlled JBS SA, the world's No. 1 meatpacker, is being investigated for alleged insider trading ahead of the announcement of the Batista family's leniency deal.
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The directive gives more leniency to companies with under 10 million euros in annual revenue with a product available to the public for less than three years.
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Brazil's federal prosecutors and state-controlled oil company Petrobras said they signed a leniency deal on Friday with SBM Offshore in the country's widest-ever corruption probe.
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That means that if Parnas or Fruman are allowed to exchange information for leniency at sentencing, they would have to spill what they may have on Giuliani.
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"As this is a first offense, I can see where leniency would beckon," the woman said at his sentencing, taking a page from the California Penal Code.
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Brooke Fiske asked the judge for leniency when sentencing Sikander Imran, her ex-boyfriend who put pills in her tea to cause her to have a miscarriage.
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The leniency deal, which spreads the payment of fines over 20 years, is expected to give Odebrecht a financial breather and help it restructure debt-burdened businesses.
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Judge Aaron Persky has faced criticism for the perceived leniency of the sentence; an online petition demanding his recall has been signed by more than 600,000 people.
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The billionaire Batista family at the helm of J&F, which controls meatpacker JBS SA, secured the 10.3 billion-real ($3.1 billion) leniency deal in late May.
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A court order to leave the country means the rapper is banned from South Africa for five years, but may appeal to officials for leniency, Tshwete said.
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They argued that Snowden acted in a more selfless way than others who were shown leniency for their actions, and that this should be given due consideration.
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JBS said its participation in the leniency agreement will place no financial burden on the meatpacker, as J&F is entirely responsible for paying the related fine.
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Brazil's law orders companies to revamp their compliance rules and corporate governance codes to approve a leniency deal and shelter them and their executives from future prosecution.
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Keppel said Keppel Offshore & Marine has accepted a conditional warning from Singapore's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau and that a subsidiary reached a leniency agreement with Brazilian prosecutors.
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Vullo was expected to show more leniency to banks given her experience as a former litigation partner at Paul Weiss, where she represented Citibank, among other clients.
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian federal prosecutors said leniency talks with J&F Participações, holding company of meatpacker JBS SA, have resumed on Monday, according to a statement.
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That leniency, coupled with the two-week wait to get Smith out of a classroom, seems pretty bizarre given the information investigators dug up about Smith's history.
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Mr. Thompson's critics say he continues to seek unfairly harsh sentences for poor and black defendants, refusing to extend to them the leniency he offered Mr. Liang.
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The furious protesters who turned out in Barcelona and other cities were not angry about the court's leniency per se: the rapists received fairly long prison sentences.
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Others, treated their human captives with a little more leniency, even gave them a few privileges, believing the slaves would be loyal to them and not revolt.
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Another former Trump attorney, Jay Goldberg, told CNN on Thursday night that he was concerned Cohen will lie to prosecutors to get leniency on his own charges.
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Comey said that he took the statement as a request for leniency toward Flynn and that he did not give any indication that he would heed it.
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He also said that Health IQ will look at traditional metrics like body mass index, but it will offer more leniency for bodybuilders with large muscle mass.
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SAO PAULO/LONDON (Reuters) - Brazil's epic "Car Wash" corruption investigation has taken down presidents and elite businessmen, and led to the largest corporate leniency deal ever signed.
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But when a Massachusetts judge sentenced the defendant, David Becker, to two years' probation last week, he reignited a debate on white privilege, leniency and judicial discretion.
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Pontes also said that Odebrecht had closed leniency deals in other unnamed countries, but they have not yet been announced as those accords were still under seal.
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SAO PAULO, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Brazilian engineering group Odebrecht SA has signed a leniency agreement and a plea deal with prosecutors, Globo TV network reported on Wednesday.
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She also committed to "look into" any leniency with the October 5 deadline for renewals, which more than 20,000 recipients did not meet to extend their status.
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She explained her seeming leniency by saying that Mr. Pistorius had shown genuine remorse in trying, albeit without success, to apologize in person to Ms. Steenkamp's family.
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The presidential pardon of Lee Kun-hee was criticized at the time as an example of leniency for top businessmen found guilty of serious white-collar crimes.
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"To say I feel humiliated and ashamed would be a gross understatement," Mr. Manafort, in a wheelchair, said during his sentencing hearing, asking the judge for leniency.
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But in denying the defense's request for a lower sentence, the judge said the law did not allow for leniency because the defendant was a good person.
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Last year, when St. Patrick's Day fell on a Lenten Friday, when Catholics are asked to abstain from eating meat, Cardinal Dolan was a voice of leniency.
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Dr. Kaloyeros's lawyers, arguing for leniency, underscored that the scheme had yielded no financial gain for their client and had been aimed at furthering the state's revitalization.
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During his sentencing hearing on Wednesday, Mr. Cohen said he pleaded to the court for leniency to end his legal troubles and spare his family more embarrassment.
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Even if Mr. Hernandez finds leniency in the racketeering case, a conviction would likely be a violation of his probationary terms, which could lead to jail time.
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An Arizona state trooper was arrested Tuesday after allegations surfaced that he would extort women for sexual favors in exchange for leniency during traffic stops in Phoenix.
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Mr. Manafort has been warned to expect an indictment, raising the prospect that Mr. Mueller will offer him leniency in exchange for incriminating information about Mr. Trump.
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Donald J. Trump's hard-line statements against immigrants throughout his presidential campaign have made clear that if he wins, this kind of leniency would most likely end.
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In it, prosecutors beseech the judge to ignore the sob story, forget about leniency and drop the hammer on a defendant whose conduct has been stunningly egregious.
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Mr. Spencer and top military leaders had sought to punish the three, arguing that leniency would affect morale, harm American troops in the field and undermine discipline.
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Investigators are still negotiating a formal leniency agreement with BRF in return for its continued cooperation, according to a person familiar with the matter who requested anonymity.
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JBS SA, the world's largest meatpacker and the crown jewel of the Batistas' empire, also signed terms last week to participate in the J&F leniency agreement.
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Jackson on Thursday pressed Crabb to explain why the Justice Department changed its positions from the first sentencing memo to the amended version that urged more leniency.
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When Felicity begged the judge for leniency in legal docs, she said Sophia was suffering because she couldn't get into any university due to her tainted test.
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The rapper's mother, brother, girlfriend and bodyguard -- along with nearly 30 other people -- submitted letters to Judge Paul Engelmayer asking for leniency in his sentencing next week.
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"I greatly regret the mistakes I've made, and I've worked hard to honor my commitment to make amends," Gates said, as he asked the judge for leniency.
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There is no death penalty here and prisoners can get early release for good behavior -- unlike authorities in Damascus and Baghdad, Kurdish forces are banking on leniency.
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In a letter sent to Matsumoto last week, Shkreli wrote, "I was a fool," and called himself "far from blameless" as he asked the judge for leniency.
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But the judge in his case gave him the option of a delay so he could cooperate with any pending investigations and bolster his case for leniency.
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In exchange for leniency, Tobin gave federal investigators an indirect tip about the "side door" scheme wealthy parents engaged in to get their children admitted to elite colleges.
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Defense attorneys urged leniency for Ceasar, citing a troubled childhood of sexual abuse and being handed off among foster families, the New York Daily News reported on Tuesday.
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During Tuesday's hearing, Nirider argued that her client's confession had been coerced by interrogators who repeatedly made "false promises of leniency" as they tried to ensure Dassey's cooperation.
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SAO PAULO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Brazilian antitrust watchdog Cade on Monday said it struck a leniency agreement with construction company Andrade Gutierrez Engenharia SA , according to a statement.
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Defense lawyers, who had urged Nance to show leniency, said after sentencing that Bergdahl was relieved and eager to move on, though they would not discuss his plans.
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The freeze had been overruled once the leniency accord was signed late last year, but the federal government's Attorney General's Office sought in May to reverse the decision.
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The judge said he had "significant doubts" about the reliability of Dassey's confession, noting authorities promised the teen prosecutorial leniency in exchange for his cooperation during his interrogation.
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Berman, they added, "can prevent further disparity in Mr. Atilla's treatment" by taking into account the leniency afforded those banks and their employees, both U.S. and non-U.
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Sullivan then gave Flynn the option to have his sentencing delayed so that he could fully cooperate with any pending investigations to help bolster his case for leniency.
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Leite sits on the court that will also review a separate leniency deal that the Batistas reached with prosecutors over their participation in a bribery and graft scheme.
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Despite the ban, Sharapova has been training and was named to the Russian Olympic team in case the ITF decided to grant her leniency and lift the suspension.
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., handed down the prison sentence at a hearing, although leading intelligence committee Republicans and Democrats both wrote to the court urging leniency.
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While a dozen other engineering companies have come forward to negotiate leniency deals with the comptroller general's office, Mendes did not do so by the deadline last year.
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And most damaging of all, Trump asked for leniency for Michael Flynn, the fired national security adviser who allegedly lied about his contacts with a top Russian diplomat.
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Anthony Weiner says he's turned a corner in his recovery, and he's asking a judge to show leniency when he's sentenced for sending obscene material to a minor.
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"I feel very comfortable that justice has been served," Obama said, adding that commuting her sentence should not be seen as leniency for those who commit similar offenses.
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Presidents might be tempted to pardon many people, but few want to answer for why this or that high-profile felon or suspect deserves leniency when others don't.
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Critics blamed the deaths on government for its leniency toward bootlegging in Eastern Europe: At the time, illegally manufactured alcohol constituted 25 percent of the Czech liquor market.
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In a Monday statement announcing the resumption of talks on the leniency deal, Brazil's federal prosecutor's office said the total amount the holding company pays could be higher.
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The source added that the companies will be barred from receiving any loans or investments from BNDES at least until they sign a leniency agreement with Brazilian prosecutors.
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There has been widespread speculation, including by people close to Trump, that Cohen will agree to provide evidence against Trump in exchange for leniency in any criminal prosecution.
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Its supporters point to the blind eye police show frequent protests by Shi'ites in Qatif, which would be quickly crushed in any Sunni area, as evidence of leniency.
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There is also, however, some possibility that Manafort could cooperate with prosecutors even at this late stage, in search of leniency in sentencing or reducing the remaining charges.
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A large number of the more than 200 people killed in the 2002 bombings of Bali nightclubs were Australian and Canberra has previously urged against leniency for Bashir.
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He said Canada needs to stay focused on building international support to free its detained citizens and obtain leniency for Robert Schellenberg, the man facing a death sentence.
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The strategy leaned heavily on "transitional justice," which often involves leniency for those who admit guilt, truth commissions to investigate atrocities and the granting of reparations for victims.
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Yet despite that leniency, it remains to be seen whether the current EU economic affairs commissioner, French Socialist Pierre Moscovici, will show the same magnanimity with political rivals.
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A prominent governor who spoke out in her defense was killed by his own bodyguard, and mobs have rallied against the suggestion that leniency might be in order.
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In asking for leniency, Mr. Weiner's lawyers argued that although his conduct was inexcusable, he had been remorseful and made "remarkable progress" in therapy over the past year.
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In an opposing 30-page memorandum also filed Tuesday evening, van der Zwaan begged for leniency and asked the judge to avoid sending him to jail next week.
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Mr. Ning insisted on Friday morning that national economic data was reliable, and he added that if local officials were caught fabricating data, "we will show no leniency."
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Holder faced significant criticism from lawmakers and advocacy groups for the department's leniency on executives, and the desire for individual accountability grew as politicians and public sentiment shifted.
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Manafort has faced "significant" health issues since October 2018, when he appeared in federal court in Virginia in a wheelchair and asked for leniency because of his condition.
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Jeurys Familia met with Commissioner Rob Manfred on Monday afternoon at Major League Baseball headquarters in Manhattan, making a personal plea for leniency under baseball's domestic violence policy.
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The court said Alabama juries play a constitutionally sufficient role in the process when they convict a defendant of a capital offense, even if they then recommend leniency.
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Among the slew of convicted criminals he pardoned before his departure from office, people have been quick to scrutinize a few individuals that the governor has granted leniency.
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The accidental leniency represents one of the unintended consequences states may face as they race to cash in on the popularity of products made with or from hemp.
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The accidental leniency represents one of the unintended consequences states may face as they race to cash in on the popularity of products made with or from hemp.
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The suspect, who hoped to be granted leniency for his cooperation, told them that a college coach had taken bribes to secure athletic recruiting spots for prospective students.
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It insisted any leniency could be granted to Britain only on condition that it would not seek to use the extra time to renegotiate the stalled divorce deal.
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It was that the leniency came at a time when the public's awareness of sexual abuse and the toll it takes on victims was at an all-time high.
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"Judge Persky failed to see that the fact that Brock Turner is a white male star athlete at a prestigious university does not entitle him to leniency," a Change.
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Champion, though, told Chatham he believed the story that Caudle told him was a lie aimed at winning leniency in Caudle&aposs own capital murder case in DeSoto County.
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On Wednesday, Judge Thokozile Masipa said Pistorius had become a "fallen hero" and that his remorse for the shooting was a compelling reason for leniency, the Associated Press reports.
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The Interior Department has removed heavily criticized language from the final version of its public records rule that some worried would give officials too much leniency in withholding documents.
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DMX is name-dropping former NBA star, and ex-con, Jayson Williams in his attempt to get leniency when a judge sentences him for tax evasion ... TMZ has learned.
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Justice Scalia wrote that the instruction was not required and would not make much sense, as juries may consider any factor they like in deciding whether leniency is warranted.
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An Egyptian court has now added to the trend by showing leniency to the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group that won Egypt's first elections following the revolution of 473.
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Brazil's federal auditor and controller's office said on Friday Braskem had agreed to pay 2.87 billion reais ($733 million) by 2025 in a leniency deal to settle corruption charges.
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SBM Offshore reported on Wednesday a YTD 2018 directional revenue of $385 million, confirming its FY outlook and adding the discussions relating to leniency agreement in Brazil remain ongoing.
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The state-oil company added the total amount received as part of leniency deals triggered by corruption investigations within the 'Car Wash' operation has now surpassed 3.5 billion reais.
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The leniency deal is the seventh struck by Cade with companies that have been blacklisted for involvement in Brazil's largest corruption scandal centered on state-run oil company Petrobras.
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Under a leniency agreement, a company must admit to guilt and provide evidence of wrongdoing by other players in a conspiracy or cartel, potentially exempting it from paying fines.
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It appears that the existence of such a threat makes judges, more than anything, disposed to granting significant sentencing leniency — the defendant has cooperated notwithstanding the potentially dire consequences.
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The 63-year-old leader has heeded some calls from the West to show more leniency toward political opposition, but opponents say their freedom to operate remains severely limited.
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LITTLE ROCK (Reuters) - An Arkansas judge has resigned after allegations he granted leniency to female defendants in exchange for sexual favors, a state judicial review commission said on Wednesday.
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If the trends outlined above continue, it's not unforeseeable that future workers will one day forego attractive salaries to pursue more flexible work at companies willing to offer leniency.
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After J&F declined prosecutors' proposal to settle charges they paid extensive bribes to politicians paying a 11.2 billion reais fine, talks over a leniency deal resumed this week.
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There has been widespread speculation that Cohen, who is married and has several children, will agree to cooperate with prosecutors as a part of a deal to receive leniency.
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Cohen's attorneys have asked U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III for leniency, arguing that he should be spared prison time because of his extensive cooperation with law enforcement.
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Ethan Couch, the Texas teenager who used an "affluenza" defense to win leniency in a deadly drunken-driving wreck in 2013, was sentenced to nearly two years in jail.
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He said a group of pastors and other experts had studied the terms and found that the deal conflicted with the Bible because of its leniency on the rebels.
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But since Lee's surrender, Chase had increasingly favored treating former top Confederates with leniency, in part, because Democrats supported that policy—and he very badly wanted to be president.
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Witness: Bergdahl had PTSD before he enlisted A lawyer for Bergdahl urged leniency, based in part on an undiagnosed mental illness experts said he suffered from when he fled.
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But his lawyer, seeking leniency, has filed a court brief detailing Mr. Barrera's efforts to surrender to the United States and offer his cooperation before he was ever arrested.
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If President Trump did suggest leniency for Michael Flynn, a four star general who had already lost his position as White House national security adviser, he was probably right.
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To the Editor: The best example of chutzpah used to be a man pleading for leniency from a judge for murdering his parents because he was now an orphan.
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In a 1937 interview with The New York Times, John Steinbeck said he had based Lennie on a man who had killed a ranch foreman but was shown leniency.
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But it has repeatedly declared that punishment is not the way to deal with budget rule-breaking, and showed leniency to repeat budget offenders like France, Portugal and Spain.
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"Judge Persky failed to see that the fact that Brock Turner is a white male star athlete at a prestigious university does not entitle him leniency," the petition states.
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Higino said debarring companies from government contracts would lead to bankruptcies and the loss of billions of dollars in graft money, money that could be recovered through leniency accords.
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One of the sources told Reuters the CCI was still collecting evidence and reviewing the various leniency petitions but the investigation would be likely to continue for a year.
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"I can tell the investigation has been very hard on him," Louise Jane Graham, a wardrobe stylist and yoga classmate, said in a letter to Judge Chen urging leniency.
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Many suspect this is an attempt to win leniency for the accused, noting that the bureau is an arm of the central government, which the Bharatiya Janata Party controls.
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Surprisingly, Mr. Cohen entered his plea without a traditional cooperation deal in which the Southern District would write to the judge and seek leniency when he was finally sentenced.
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The team for Mr. Cohen, the president's former lawyer, at least, has signaled a willingness to provide information to the special counsel in exchange for some kind of leniency.
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On Wednesday, he appeared as a guest on the ABC late-night show "Jimmy Kimmel Live," in an interview that drew criticism for its perceived leniency toward Mr. Spicer.
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Under the new policy, the agency will mostly not be investigating civil noncompliance with environmental regulations, although it "does not provide leniency for intentional criminal violations" of the law.
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And Jay Goldberg, a longtime attorney for Trump, expressed concern to CNN's Erin Burnett last week that Cohen will lie to prosecutors to get leniency on his own charges.
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Motherboard reports that Amazon is now trying to bypass these hurdles in a direct appeal to regulators — but SpaceX, OneWeb, and other companies are lobbying hard against any leniency.
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"It is not a case about a good man briefly undone by opioids and now on the right track," the prosecutors wrote in response to Hasson's request for leniency.
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"Hernandez provided the government with critical insight into the structure and organization of Nine Trey," the government wrote to Judge Engelmayer this month, seeking leniency on Mr. Hernandez's behalf.
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"The major reason the judge showed leniency was that he saw a human being, he got to know me and didn&apost just see another case," he told Insider.
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The businessman, Alejandro Betancourt, introduced Giuliani to opposition leader Juan Guaidó's father at an event in Spain as part of the leniency campaign for Betancourt, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
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When he resigned from Alphabet earlier this month, Larry Page was accused by ex-Googlers of not fixing what they saw as leniency towards staff accused of sexual harassment.
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UTC on Monday signed a leniency deal agreeing to pay the government 543 million reais ($176 million) for fraud related to 29 contracts with state-owned companies including Petrobras.
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Initiated more than five years ago by the Obama administration, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program grants leniency to undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.
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Among the slew of convicted criminals he has pardoned before his departure from office, people have been quick to scrutinize a few individuals that the governor has granted leniency.
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The outgoing governor cited his decision to grant leniency to over 600 people on his belief in "second chances," according to an interview he gave to The Washington Post.
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The paper addressed a culture of leniency at Broward County schools, blunders by the sheriff's office in responding to the attack and attempts by officials to mask their failures.
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Cohen could reach some sort of plea deal in which he provides information — including to special counsel Robert Mueller as part of the Russia investigation — in exchange for leniency.
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The move was reportedly to show that Pistorius is a vulnerable man who deserves leniency in the resentencing for the 2013 shooting death of his ex-girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
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A recent working paper from graduate students at Princeton found that bias in leniency among Florida's police officers could be explained by decisions made by one fifth of all officers.
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During the sentencing hearing, Fields's lawyers asked for leniency, arguing that their client should not serve a life sentence due to his young age and a history of mental illness.
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The plan comes two weeks after J&F Investimentos SA, the family holding company that controls Vigor, agreed to pay a record-setting 10.3 billion-real ($3.1 billion) leniency fine.
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J&F confirmed the terms of the leniency agreement and said in an emailed statement that the fine was being paid by the holding company, to protect JBS' minority shareholders.
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Despite his desperate appeals for leniency, Cohen was sentenced to three years in December after pleading guilty to multiple counts of financial fraud and one count of lying to Congress.
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But the British lawmakers concluded that the balance clearly favored vaping over tobacco smoking and it urged greater regulatory leniency to allow advertising of the relative benefits of e-cigarettes.
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The company has been at the center of Latin America's biggest graft scandal since acknowledging in a 2016 leniency deal that it bribed officials in a dozen countries, including Peru.
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In addition to the letter, Glasser also unsealed a redacted version of a 225-page sentencing memorandum Sater's then–defense attorney, Leslie Caldwell, filed with the court arguing for leniency.
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"Gentleman Jack" also skirts around the nuances of gender and sexuality in the period, one caught between the leniency of the Georgian period and the relative prudishness of the Victorians.
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A separate leniency deal between the Batistas and federal prosecutors was signed in late May, requiring the family to pay a 10.3 billion reais ($3.11 billion) fine over 25 years.
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That was reduced to 10 years after he signed a leniency deal last December in exchange for paying a nearly $2 billion fine, admitting guilt and providing evidence to authorities.
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More accusations against leaders of Temer's PMDB party are expected to surface in an imminent leniency deal with engineering conglomerate Odebrecht SA that could incriminate as many as 200 lawmakers.
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"Any vehicle and personnel movement within these areas that move without prior coordination will be treated as enemy targets and dealt with firmly and without leniency," the army statement said.
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Last week, Andrade Gutierrez and Cade announced a leniency agreement as part of a separate bid-rigging probe related to engineering works carried out in Rio de Janeiro shanty towns.
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Leniency has also been common for high-level officials who disclosed, destroyed or mishandled classified information, including National Security Adviser Sandy Berger and CIA Directors David Petraeus and John Deutch.
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Swiss, U.S. and Brazilian authorities have worked closely on Car Wash cases that led to the world's largest ever leniency deal after industrial conglomerate Odebrecht agreed to pay $2.6 billion.
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"Judge Persky failed to see that the fact that Brock Turner is a white male star athlete at a prestigious university does not entitle him to leniency," the petition reads.
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The Times reported that Inch was caught in the middle of Kushner and Sessions' struggle over federal sentencing in the legislation, with Kushner supporting more leniency and Sessions against it.
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J&F, which oversees the fortune of the billionaire Batista family, must raise cash to pay a 103 billion real leniency fine and refinance looming loan maturities, the report said.
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"Judge Persky failed to see that the fact that Brock Turner is a white male star athlete at a prestigious university does not entitle him to leniency," the petition states.
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After signing a new leniency deal with Brazilian authorities in July, Odebrecht is seeking agreements in other countries in which it operates as a way to resume operations outside Brazil.
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It is unclear, however, whether Judge Jed S. Rakoff of Federal District Court will use leniency in sentencing Mr. Caspersen by viewing his mental health affliction as a mitigating circumstance.
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The Times About 120,000 businesses that missed a tax deadline will escape a fine after HM Revenue & Customs said it would show leniency before a possible no-deal Brexit. bit.
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This system of pronounced judicial leniency has created a punishment model for many corporate offenders that I call "too big to jail"—and in recent years, matters have gotten worse.
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But while China will try to take a more "nuanced" approach to pollution, aiming to make companies "feel at ease", Liu said it would show no leniency in punishing offenders.
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Manning's lawyers argue in the letter that she's already served more time than typical leakers and call on Obama to extend her the same leniency he has to other offenders.
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht's efforts to seek a leniency deal in Argentina are limited under the country's laws, an Argentine prosecutor investigating corruption allegations said on Wednesday.
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"We also know, based on the recent case striking down Arizona's ballot initiative against employing illegal immigrants, there were five justices who voted for great leniency toward immigrants," he said.
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A separate leniency deal between the Batistas and federal prosecutors was signed on May 31, requiring the family to pay a 10.3 billion reais ($3.1 billion)fine over 25 years.
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The 19 ministers from the eurozone agreed to launch the unprecedented process earlier this month, but expectations are high that the EU executive will show leniency given the political context.
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It is a gamble to issue pardons, especially since political opponents can easily point to a single case of recidivism to accuse a governor of poor judgment or excessive leniency.
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The White House confirmed as much in a response to one of the petitions: This clemency authority empowers the President to exercise leniency towards persons who have committed federal crimes.
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Mr. Cohen's crimes marked "a pattern of deception that permeated his professional life," the Manhattan prosecutors wrote, saying that he did not deserve much leniency in exchange for his cooperation.
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Lying to federal investigators is a felony that can carry a sentence of up to five years in prison, giving Mr. Papadopoulos an incentive to cooperate in exchange for leniency.
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Unless this resembles a bet on leniency by the incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, shareholders seem to be assuming Fiat made a technical slip-up rather than an intentional manipulation.
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Hours after President Trump tweeted that a sentencing recommendation for his longtime friend was "horrible and very unfair," senior Justice Department officials intervened on Tuesday and called for more leniency.
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He never repeated the arguments in the second memo for leniency, but did not argue for 7 to 9 years either -- said government trusts court to come up with sentence.
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" But his Spanish counterpart, Juan Ignacio Zoido, offered a more cautious assessment, and warned the group's remaining members not to expect any leniency in return or "impunity for their crimes.
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In its own statement, Chesapeake said it has been cooperating with the federal investigation in exchange for leniency and has taken steps to address issues that arose during McClendon's tenure.
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In a long-awaited leniency deal, the family-owned firm signed a 6.7 billion real ($1.94 billion) agreement with prosecutors on Thursday admitting guilt and offering information on bribes paid.
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The leniency accord struck between the Batistas and Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot has been marked by controversy, because of what fellow prosecutors and lawyers have seen as rather lax penalties.
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The company signed a $2 billion leniency deal with U.S., Swiss and Brazilian prosecutors in December for its involvement in a vast bribery and political kickback scheme in 12 countries.
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While most energy stocks closed lower, Sbm Offshore jumped 15.3 percent after the oil firm announced late last week that it had signed a leniency deal with Brazilian authorities and Petrobras.
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Braskem was caught up in a massive corruption scandal centering on its controlling shareholder, Odebrecht SA, and signed a global leniency accord with U.S., Swiss and Brazilian authorities in December 2016.
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J&F agreed to pay a record-setting 10.3 billion-real ($3.1 billion) leniency fine, after Joesley Batista and his brother Wesley admitted to bribing almost 1,900 politicians in recent years.
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Whether Manafort lied and violated his plea deal bears on his sentencing — a violation of the agreement after pleading guilty would hurt any argument Manafort makes before the judge for leniency.
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Odebrecht is among several firms that have admitted guilt and reached leniency deals during the three-year probe, which has expanded to include alleged graft at several other state-run enterprises.
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The defense will appeal, and the critics will continue to attack Thompson for having the audacity to indict a cop or alternatively by claiming the DA sold out by recommending leniency.
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Odebrecht, Brazil's largest construction and engineering firm that prosecutors say benefited the most from the Petrobras graft scheme, has signed a leniency deal that includes plea statements by executives and employees.
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The sin industry may be shining during a renewed period of government leniency, but don't expect legal weed and sports gambling to emerge as major revenue sources for cash-starved states.
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NEW ORLEANS – Two Boston men who were attacked and robbed in New Orleans&apos French Quarter one night during a Unitarian convention asked a judge to show leniency to their attackers.
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Dassey's attorney, Laura Nirider, argued before the panel that her client's confession had been coerced by interrogators who repeatedly made "false promises of leniency" as they tried to ensure Dassey's cooperation.
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It also is banned by law from participating in new infrastructure auctions in Peru and is trying to negotiate leniency deals in Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.
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The moves come almost two months after Odebrecht signed a 6.7 billion-real ($2.1 billion) leniency deal with prosecutors related to the leading role it played in Brazil's worst graft scandal.
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If approved by the judge leading the "Operation Car Wash" probe into corruption at state-controlled oil firm Petrobras, the Odebrecht deal would be the world's largest plea and leniency agreement.
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The companies may become keener on entering leniency talks once that report is released, Kalluf said, adding that the criminal investigation will continue regardless of whether they do engage in talks.
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TO to single out two former top executives over its accounting problems is likely a bid to win leniency with government agencies investigating the drugmaker, according to accounting and securities experts.
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The European Commission's leniency programme, which rewards companies reporting either a cartel or providing evidence with reduced fines, has been a key tool in fighting cartels and other anti-competitive practices.
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Kasinsky said he would recommend avoiding JBS shares "until we have more clarity on the final outcome from the leniency agreement," using a term which refers to the plea bargain deal.
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It may stand to reason that, with the press poised to pounce on every new, racist Trump utterance, any objection to scrutiny of Clinton is tantamount to a plea for leniency.
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Odebrecht has been at the center of Latin America's biggest graft scandal since acknowledging in a late 2016 leniency deal that it had bribed officials in a dozen countries, including Peru.
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Rather than firing Comey upon taking office, Trump waited months and then fired him after inappropriately questioning him on the Russia investigation and asking for leniency for retired general Michael Flynn.
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Acosta blamed his leniency on the social atmosphere at the timeThe #MeToo movement has spurned a cultural reckoning in this country, helping to redefine how sexual misconduct is viewed and treated.
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A lawyer for former NYPD Lt. Paul Dean filed the papers, according to the AP. Dean is seeking leniency after he pled guilty in August to conspiracy to bribe licensing officers.
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A New Jersey judge who argued for leniency for a 16-year-old accused of rape because he "came from a good family" has resigned, according to the New York Times.
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The federal judge's decision on Monday to suspend the leniency agreement for the holding company run by the scandal-ridden Batista family cast doubt on billions of dollars of asset sales.
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The President may have been angered by reports that McCabe was backing Comey's claim that the President made a loyalty demand and requested leniency for his former national security adviser, Gen.
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An independent commission in 2015 found the UCI management team under Verbruggen, a long-time former International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, showed leniency, especially towards Armstrong, in the fight against doping.
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Seeking to improve ties with the European Union and lessen Belarus's dependence on Russia, Lukashenko has in recent years heeded calls from the West to show more leniency towards political opposition.
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They are now trying to negotiate a leniency deal with prosecutors that would allow them to avoid prosecution in exchange for paying a hefty fine and revealing all their illegal dealings.
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Like many persons who are accused of a crime, the prosecution offered Lee some leniency in prison time if he would agree to surrender his constitutional right to trial by jury.
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He remains in the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, but he has yet to be sentenced because he agreed to become a government witness in return for a chance at leniency.
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Since Mr. Cohen came under investigation, Mr. Trump has mocked him as a "weak person" who was giving information to prosecutors in an effort to obtain leniency when he is sentenced.
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For these reasons it is clear: Michael Cohen did not deserve the leniency he got; his sentence of 36 months is an affront to all Americans and our system of justice.
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He did all this without first obtaining a traditional, ironclad deal under which the government would commit to seeking leniency on Mr. Cohen's behalf when he is sentenced on Dec. 12.
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Adopting the peremptory tone often used by high-ranking Russians to speak to underlings, Mr. Davydov was seeking leniency for a friend Sergei V. Gorodilov, accused of driving under the influence.
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The defense opted not to pursue a mental illness defense, but can still present evidence about his mental state during the sentencing phase of the trial in hopes of greater leniency.
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Louisiana is also pushing ahead with newer, more controversial fixes, such as increasing leniency for those convicted of some violent crimes, a political fireball even in many far more progressive states.
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MIAMI (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will extend a program that offers companies leniency if they voluntarily tell authorities when employees may have paid bribes, a senior official said on Friday.
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Had Judge Howell ignored the guidelines completely and given Pagan a probation-only sentence without providing a reasonable justification for such leniency, prosecutors would have been free to appeal her decision.
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The states with the biggest incentive to take advantage of that leniency include Wyoming, West Virginia and Kentucky, according to Daniel Lashof, who leads U.S. operations for the World Resources Institute.
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In defending his leniency about the short-range tests, which have alarmed allies, Trump has said they are preferable to testing intercontinental ballistic missiles or conducting other kinds of nuclear tests.
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Odebrecht issued a statement on Thursday apologizing for its misdeeds, while Brazilian news organizations reported that the company had agreed to pay about $2 billion as part of the leniency agreement.
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He acknowledged, however, that his government is worried about the expected fallout from a massive leniency and plea bargain deal being signed with federal prosecutors by Brazil's largest engineering consortium Odebrecht.
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This is part of the reason past mandatory minimums occurred — lawmakers felt that judges were generally too lenient on drug and violent offenses, and passed mandatory minimums to counteract that leniency.
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Further, Johnny Webb, a jailhouse informant, said that Wilingham confessed starting the fire to him – in 2014, Webb recanted that testimony, saying that Jackson offered him leniency on his own robbery charges.
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Brazil's political establishment is bracing for more turmoil from a leniency deal to be signed by engineering conglomerate Odebrecht SA in the Petrobras case that could incriminate as many as 200 lawmakers.
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Instead, Newsom disregarded the voters in favor of his personal opinion and granted leniency to those facing the death penalty, including serial killers, cop killers, mass shooters, baby killers and sexual sadists.
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Since settling cases in the United States, Brazil and Switzerland for a record $3.5 billion, Odebrecht has sought to negotiate leniency deals that would allow it to keep operating across Latin America.
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"We did, through the investigation, receive a leniency application from Barclays/ABSA which cooperated and gave us more information," The head of the Commission Tembinkosi Bonakele told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday.
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Part of his reason for urging leniency in the case was that the boy came from a "good family," was in an excellent school, and was a candidate for a good college.
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The regulator is also signaling and firms are getting the message that they should come forward and self-report violations, as the agency is showing leniency in the form of cooperation credit.
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Federal prosecutors are working on creating clearer rules for future leniency deals to ensure more equal treatment in investigations into graft at top levels of private business, government and state-run enterprises.
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To those who say her support for her father's bigoted political career makes her "complicit" in his wrongdoing, and belies a transparent, image-oriented, profit-seeking ruse, Ivanka Trump pleads for leniency.
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Since reaching a leniency agreement with antitrust watchdog CADE in 2013, Siemens has discussed terms of continued cooperation with prosecutors and promised to deliver more evidence against public officials, the paper said.
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North Korea decided to release the boat after "taking into account the fact that all the crewmen honestly admitted their offense, repeatedly apologizing and asking for leniency," the report said in English.
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On Aug, 3, 2023, the USA Today article "[President Barack] Obama issues record-breaking 214 commutations" reported that these 214 commutations brought 562 the number of prisoners granted leniency by this administration.
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Defense: Bergdahl 'should not have been in the Army' Bergdahl's attorneys asked the judge for leniency during sentencing hearings, arguing he had a previously undiagnosed mental illness when he left his post.
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Flynn also deserves leniency because he was not warned before the meeting with FBI agents that it was a crime to lie to them, his lawyers said in a recent court filing.
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In sentencing, judges factor in mitigation and rehabilitation, though Macquarrie was skeptical that non-athletes and men of color would be treated with the same leniency as offenders like Neurauter and Macdonald.
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Leite, the judge, sits on the court that will review a leniency deal the Batistas reached with prosecutors, and his decision highlights the legal risks for the meatpacker and its founding family.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded an Obama-era memo that would allow leniency for non-violent drug offenders, increasing the kind of tough sentencing that first sent Johnson to life without parole.
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His parents, along with more than a dozen family and supporters, asked Judge Dean Fink for leniency, characterizing the defendant as a misguided, troubled youth with a history of mental health problems.
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a memo Tuesday recommending leniency towards former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, arguing that he should receive no jail time for his admitted lying to the FBI.
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The discussions suggest that Mr. Trump's lawyers were concerned about what Mr. Flynn and Mr. Manafort might reveal were they to cut a deal with the special counsel in exchange for leniency.
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We are all granted leniency in balancing our personal and work lives, but I don't have the tenure to be granted her schedule, nor would I be allowed to have such privileges.
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Before the judge announced his decision, Mr. Raja's wife, Karine Raja, pleaded for leniency, pointing to the support that she would need from her husband to care for the couple's two children.
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Last week La Barbie changed his plea on drug charges to "guilty" from a previous not-guilty plea, suggesting a deal had been made in exchange for leniency from the US authorities.
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Before his client was sentenced, Mr. Sercarz asked the judge for leniency, pointing to Mr. Rackover's troubled childhood in Florida, where he was born to a young mother and an abusive father.
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The office of the prosecutor who leads Operation Bullish, Ivan Marx, said he was assessing the terms of the leniency deal signed between J&F, the Batistas and the Prosecutor General's Office.
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SPORTS An article on Tuesday about an appeal by Mets pitcher Jeurys Familia to Commissioner Rob Manfred for leniency under baseball's domestic violence policy misstated Familia's salary this season in some copies.
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The same leniency is not shown to MPs who rebel against Corbyn's leadership: Corbyn's allies have been making moves for some time to deselect MPs who break his whip from their constituencies.
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James Troiano, the Monmouth County judge who recommended leniency for a 16-year-old boy accused of rape because the boy was from a "good family," resigned from the bench, officials said.
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James Troiano, the Monmouth County judge who recommended leniency for a 16-year-old boy accused of rape because the boy was from a "good family," resigned from the bench, officials said.
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The question: What he would do if prosecutors looking at his business dealings — including hush money for women with accounts of affairs with Mr. Trump — offered leniency in exchange for incriminating information?
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In a separate bid for leniency, Mr. Cohen told Mr. Mueller's prosecutors about Mr. Trump's participation in negotiations during the height of the presidential campaign to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
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In a case in Orange County, a public defender had discovered that the district attorney's office was strategically placing jailhouse informants, offering them leniency if they could coax confessions from fellow inmates.
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But the Fed went further than required, extending leniency to banks in the same weight class as Washington Mutual, one of the largest and most consequential bank failures during the 2008 crisis.
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One would eliminate the so-called "gay panic" defense in criminal cases, under which defendants seek leniency by claiming that they acted under extreme emotional distress because of a victim's sexual orientation.
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Germany, and especially Schaeuble himself, have shown long-term frustration with the Commission's leniency towards France, which has been in breach of the rules for years, as well as Spain, Italy and Portugal.
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The real spectacle, of course, has been the testimony, particularly from the 13 "cooperating witnesses" who used to be part of Chapo's organization but flipped in exchange for leniency in their own cases.
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Long before this week's vote, the recall campaign's impact had been felt in courtrooms across the country, where judges became increasingly cautious about exercising discretion, worried that they might be punished for leniency.
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President Donald Trump last August said he feels "very badly" for Manafort, and praise him for refusing to make up what the president claimed would be "fake" stories to get leniency from prosecutors.
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" The statement continued, "Please do not use my absence as an excuse for leniency, as it in no way diminishes the profound and insidious impact of Mr. Vandenburg on me and my life.
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"First and foremost, Mr. Hastert is deeply sorry and apologizes for his misconduct that occurred decades ago and the resulting harm he caused to others," his lawyers said in a memorandum seeking leniency.
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Legislators and government officials sped up preparation of new rules for so-called bank leniency deals as they feared new disclosures snaring local financial firms in graft scandals, Reuters reported earlier this year.
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Her defense attorneys, Aaron Delgado and William Hathaway, filed a motion prior to sentencing asking for leniency, arguing in part that the 14-year-old was a "willing participant," the News-Journal reported.
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A separate leniency deal for Odebrecht is almost ready and will be signed within a few days, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.
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Prosecutors had found "grave irregularities" and would demand that the companies carry out a root-and-branch restructure as part of any leniency deal, federal prosecutor Lyana Helena Joppert Kalluf said last week.
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The sentencing request came six days after Caspersen's lawyers said the Princeton University and Harvard Law School graduate's gambling addiction and efforts to rehabilitate himself were among the "powerful mitigating circumstances" justifying leniency.
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However, one of the biggest disappointments about the failed agreement was that today's Saudi king, Salman -- when he was still governor of Riyadh -- was the principal royal who pushed for leniency for Qatar.
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Indeed, British interior minister Theresa May has indicated that the UK will deal with former members of jihadist organizations, whatever their gender, on a case-by-case basis, potentially showing leniency to some.
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After the match on Saturday, Williams said she believes male players are often given much more leniency in what they can say to umpires, which sparked a conversation about sexism in the sport.
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It is possible to imagine Trump losing the support of congressional Republicans by announcing he won't approve a tax cut, or losing support of his core supporters through unexpected leniency to ethnic minorities.
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"I've seen many people spreading the word that Odebrecht will not survive, but that goes against this whole idea of designing leniency deals," said Carlos Lima, a prosecutor in the Car Wash taskforce.
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The agency will begin a review of other brokerage firms to unearth potential misuses of customer funds, though the S.E.C. says it is encouraging firms to come forward with information by offering leniency.
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Civil aspects of the J&F's leniency agreement, which was signed in June and ratified by Judge Oliveira on Friday, remain in effect, according to a statement late on Monday from federal prosecutors.
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France has won leniency in the past, and regulators are wary of imposing punishments on austerity-weary countries, like Spain and Portugal, because that could add to the unpopularity of the European Union.
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge on Monday suspended criminal aspects of a leniency accord for J&F Investimentos SA, the holding company with which the billionaire Batista family controls meatpacker JBS SA (JBSS3.
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The line many conservatives swallowed in 1986 when a massive amnesty program for illegal immigrants went into effect under President Reagan was that that leniency was being matched by much improved immigration enforcement.
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Denso said it won't have to pay the fine because it has applied for a leniency program which enables a company to escape sanctions if on its own it reports the illegal conduct.
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The proposed rule changes is essence mean greater leniency in setting rules for threatened species on a case-by-case basis, as well as more freedom to include economic impacts in conservation decisions.
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Many districts across the country have pledged leniency and even support for those who walk out, while a handful of others in places like Maryland and Texas have vowed publicly to punish them.
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And it's a tool that Comey believes in passionately, offering rather scathing remarks about the leniency shown to retired general and former CIA Director David Petraeus for his own false statements to investigators.
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Despite appealing to Goodell for leniency, Jones will have to pay a significant portion of the league's legal fees, which paid for lawyers to defend six owners that Jones had threatened to sue.
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He told The Times of London that the interrogators offered him leniency early in his detention if he agreed to steal documents from the British Foreign Office and give them to the Emiratis.
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WASHINGTON — The special counsel's investigation was grinding relentlessly onward, with President Trump's former national security adviser pleading for leniency in his case and his former fixer about to be sentenced for his crimes.
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For nearly four years, Americans had suffered through the tumultuous presidency of Andrew Johnson, who drove the nation to political crisis with his virulent racism, erratic behavior and leniency toward the defeated secessionists.
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This week, two Barclays analysts, Kannan Venkateshwar and Amir Rozwadowski, called the government's threat to block the deal "unprecedented" and said they were "perplexed" given the Justice Department's longstanding leniency toward vertical mergers.
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He tends to focus on famous people, especially those with ties to him — while also commuting the sentences of a small number of more typical prisoners who have a strong case for leniency.
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" For the young men convicted of draft evasion — a felony — during the Vietnam War, Ford promised, "I'm throwing the weight of my presidency into the scales of justice on the side of leniency.
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Attorneys for Flynn argued in a new court filing that he deserves leniency for his more than three decades of Army service before taking a top job in President Donald Trump's White House.
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Mr. Bhat said he had tried to broker a deal with the police to bring back his son, then 16, who was hiding in another part of the state, in return for leniency.
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Those officials wanted to make a statement about doping, and make it clear that they would not show leniency for someone who broke the rules, whether she did it on purpose or not.
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His lawyers have said they will appeal his conviction, and are likely to argue for leniency in any sentencing, maybe pointing to Mr. Cosby's past philanthropy, and emphasizing his frail health and age.
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While several former colleagues said they didn't excuse Collins for the crimes he admitted to or were unfamiliar with the details of his case, they encouraged leniency anyway because of strong personal relationships.
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Brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista, founders of JBS's holding company J&F, signed plea bargain and leniency deals in May 2017 in which they confessed to running a political bribery ring in Brazil.
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Over a series of five meetings, Mr. Kourani believed he was offering this and other information to the F.B.I. in exchange for leniency from the United States government and protection for his family.
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Our penal code even treats with particular leniency murders committed by "any legally married person who, having surprised his spouse in the act of committing sexual intercourse with another person," kills those involved.
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Comey said the tweet prompted him to leak the personal memos he wrote detailing his encounters with Trump — including his claims that the president had asked him for loyalty and leniency for Flynn.
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"It does not nearly pay for the damage done by Mylan and sends the wrong message of leniency to other pharmaceutical companies engaged in the Medicaid market," Morrisey wrote U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
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Because his murder charge could carry the death penalty, Kulick had the investigator pull everything pertinent to Anderson's medical history, including his mental health, in case they had to ask for leniency during sentencing.
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Since then, President Alexander Lukashenko has heeded some calls from the West to show more leniency towards political opposition, seeking to improve ties with the European Union and lessen Belarus's dependence on neighboring Russia.
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He apologized to his family and the Holy See, and appealed for leniency by saying the episode was just a "bump in the road" of a priestly vocation he loved and wanted to continue.
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In a Tuesday filing from Shea, ... the government argued that those enhancements were overkill, noting that Stone's victim has asked for leniency for him and did not view the statement as an actual threat.
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Even the head prosecutor where Persky presided opposed the recall, noting that Persky was not actually known for leniency and that "most judges in California would have done the same thing" in sentencing Turner.
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The DoJ's settlement with Odebrecht and Braskem includes at least 2.83 bn reais ($1.6bn) that Odebrecht had already agreed to pay Brazil's state treasury in exchange for leniency and continued access to public contracts.
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After the match on Saturday, Williams, 36, said she believes male players are often given much more leniency in what they can say to umpires, which sparked a conversation about sexism in the sport.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Thursday handed K-pop sensation T.O.P. a suspended 10-month jail sentence for drug use, after he pleaded guilty and sought leniency to avoid a prison term.
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Judge George B. Daniels of Federal District Court said he showed leniency to the specialist, Carl Bell, a technology manager who took $6 million in bribes, because he had given crucial help to investigators.
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FLIP IT AND REVERSE IT: The Interior Department has removed heavily criticized language from the final version of its public records rule that some worried would give officials too much leniency in withholding documents.
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Why it matters: Manafort, who prosecutors said on Friday could face between 19 and 24 years in prison for financial crimes, had the chance to cooperate with the special counsel in exchange for leniency.
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A former federal prosecutor, McDonald noted the idea originated in gang prosecutions—he's done a lot of those—where it made sense to let individuals report on higher-level colleagues in exchange for leniency.
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A North Korean state news agency reported that Sigley was expelled out of "humanitarian leniency," says AP. Sigley had reportedly shared information about North Korea on social media and on his travel agency's website.
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By contrast, several of the biggest deals last year involved companies sold by conglomerate J&F Investimentos SA, which agreed to pay the largest-ever leniency fine for its role in political bribery schemes.
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Since settling in the United States, Brazil and Switzerland for a record $3.5 billion, Odebrecht has sought to negotiate leniency deals that would allow it to keep operating in other countries across Latin America.
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Part of this stems from a policy known as "two restraints and one leniency," passed in 1984, which ordered police to go easy in cases involving ethnic minorities in order to avoid sparking conflicts.
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Shooting in Raw, as many photographers do, means that you get a lot of leniency in terms of editing the photos after the fact, and even a woefully dark photo might be rescue-able.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will extend greater leniency to companies that voluntarily alert authorities when they learn employees have paid bribes to foreign officials, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said on Wednesday.
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In spite of Mr Gove's relative leniency, the legal-aid budget has been slashed by over one-third in real (inflation-adjusted) terms, from over £2.2 billion in 2010 to £1.6 billion in 2015.
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Fabiano Silveira, Minister of Transparency and Oversight, said on Tuesday prosecutors and the federal audit court should be part of the negotiations of leniency deals, a change that would require legislative approval from Congress.
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Regulators are also expected to more closely tailor the application of the rule to the size and complexity of each bank, with smaller banks that do not have active trading operations enjoying more leniency.
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Nearly 80 Odebrecht executives and employees have also agreed to turn state's witness as part of a leniency deal, and their testimony is expected to provide even more evidence about corruption in several nations.
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In the past week newspapers reported that construction bosses who are seeking leniency for their role in the affair have accused Mr Temer and his foreign minister, José Serra, of accepting illicit campaign cash.
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One has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with investigators; the other two, former campaign chief Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates, now have an enormous incentive to cooperate in a bid for leniency.
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They're also seeking leniency for Cohen, saying that he has cooperated extensively, amid intense public pressure from Trump, who has called the investigation a "witch hunt," and will agree to cooperate in the future.
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As he is on the UN sanctions list, he is not the sort of person who can be given the benefit of the doubt and certainly not the sort of person who deserves leniency.
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By testifying that they did nothing wrong and continuing to proclaim their innocence, they are now locked into a position that prevents them from acknowledging that their conduct was illegal and asking for leniency.
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The Mecca-based Muslim World League (MWL) failed in its past mission because of its leniency toward the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and poor supervision of finances being channeled abroad through the Pan-Islamic organization.
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A recent decision by U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg highlights the risks of relying solely on waiver requests and executive branch leniency, and it casts much of the waiver process into legal limbo.
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Sullivan declared a recess to let Flynn consider whether he wanted to proceed and let the judge impose a punishment, or to delay and cooperate more with the special counsel in hopes of leniency.
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Higino did not name the companies that are negotiating leniency deals, but other officials have said they include Brazilian companies OAS, Galvão Engenharia, Engevix, Setal Óleo e Gás, UTC, Camargo Corrêa and Andrade Gutierrez.
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Temporary legislation that needs Congressional approval was enacted by Rousseff to facilitate leniency deals by providing companies safeguards against prosecution if they admit misdeeds, pay penalties and return funds lost to the public coffers.
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This legal deal-making was made possible only recently by a law signed in November 2016 that established a mechanism for criminal suspects to negotiate leniency in exchange for cooperation with law enforcement officials.
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The bat is returned to her rightful owner by the conclusion of the episode, but not before something else comes to pass that has never happened on "The Walking Dead": Negan offers Rick leniency.
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Six of the counts carry maximum prison sentences of 20 years each, but if Mr. Howe completes his cooperation successfully, prosecutors say they will write to the judge and seek leniency on his behalf.
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Mr. Cohen's lawyer, Guy Petrillo, made an impassioned plea for leniency, citing his client's courage in cooperating with the Russia inquiry, which he said was "of the utmost national significance," comparing it to Watergate.
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But the Reid technique prohibits "striking or assaulting a subject, making any promises of leniency, denying a subject any rights, conducting excessively long interrogations, or denying a subject any physical needs," the lawsuit says.
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The hirings and Cohen's comments to ABC were seen as potentially setting the stage for him to cut a deal with prosecutors and cooperate with them in exchange for leniency in any criminal case.
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