Flynn said the lenient sentences mirror some lenient, real-world punishments administered out to young men convicted of sexual assault.
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But her online contacts kept suggesting a more lenient schedule.
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In 2016, the FDA instead took a more lenient tack.
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Turner was sentenced to six months by a lenient judge.
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Opponents have accused Persky of being too lenient on Turner.
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Brunei wants a more lenient approach to its coal industry.
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A less lenient referee would have scored it as such.
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Manafort's sentence was criticized by many pundits as too lenient.
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Six percent of respondents said these actions were too lenient.
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Regulators have told bankers to be lenient about debt payments.
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But we should not blithely dismiss the sentence as lenient.
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The woman has criticized the plea deal as too lenient.
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But Judge Anderson ruled that the sentence was too lenient.
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The judge was lenient, noting that he believed Papadopoulos' remorse.
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But what my parents thought was "too racy" was very lenient.
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Critics say the deal was too lenient and Acosta should resign.
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It's clear that many still feel MLB's response was too lenient.
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However, she acknowledged that such a sentence would be extraordinarily lenient.
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The United States has among the world's most lenient gun laws.
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Labour also questioned whether HMRC was too lenient on big business.
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"The sentence was much too lenient," Maren's father, Jose Sanchez, said.
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Some of Epstein's accusers have criticized that agreement as too lenient.
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One wonders if Lee Kuan Yew would have been so lenient.
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Many voters believed it was too lenient on the FARC guerrillas.
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Does the response from the police seems harsher or more lenient?
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She's also spoken out against too-lenient punishment policies for attackers.
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Some states, like Arizona, have taken a lenient approach to regulation.
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That somewhat lenient punishment may be thanks to....President Donald Trump.
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Jeffery Nance's decision to hand down such a lenient sentence. Gen.
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WADA had appealed Guerrero's reduced ban, arguing it was too lenient.
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Tories will take a lenient attitude to members ignoring leadership instructions.
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Many of its opponents said the deal's terms were too lenient.
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Jeffrey Lichtman, an attorney for Guzman, criticized the sentence as lenient.
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When it comes to overseeing screen time, Wojcicki is more lenient.
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A lenient sentence, and a cacophony of outrage and counter-outrage.
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Will Biden — BFF of tech-friendly Obama — take a more lenient stand?
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The sentence drew criticism for being what some said was too lenient.
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The court said the punishments were relatively lenient because the defendants cooperated.
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Outside, protesters denounced the 10-year sentence Guyger got as too lenient.
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The government objected that these punishments were too lenient to deter others.
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Animal rights groups say Turkey's punishments for animal cruelty are too lenient.
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EU leaders can be as strict or as lenient as they like.
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The lenient policing toward alcohol consumption in the street has bemused many.
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The bill had been criticized for being too lenient on tax dodgers.
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Before the riot, backbench parliamentarians had proposed more lenient drug-sentencing laws.
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At the time, some legal experts described the prison term as lenient.
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Trump gets another nomination it could become even more lenient on death
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But ambitious football programs apparently take a lenient view of such infractions.
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The United States is among the countries with the most lenient laws.
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The sentence is decried by many, including the victim, as too lenient.
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As for the laws governing customers at I Sodi, they are lenient.
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When consumers buy more SUVs, the standards adjust to become more lenient.
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" He added that the government's stance "will not be ambiguous or lenient.
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She switched to a more lenient church, and eventually—undramatically—stopped going.
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Andrew McCabe says he was "shocked by how lenient" Manafort's sentence was.
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The suit also alleged the school provided lenient punishments for the perpetrators.
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But they walked away with a lenient sentence: dinner with the judges.
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If he feels management was being more lenient -- I don't see that.
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Slow, lenient courts fuel street crime, says Monica Poli, a CND member.
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Defendants may also argue for more lenient sentences based on mental illness.
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But the Florida resident could receive a more lenient sentence by cooperating.
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"People at Sneaker Con, they're very lenient with their prices," Jiang said.
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They've actually increased their sanctions on us, rather than being more lenient.
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A commissioner of the FTC, however, thinks the agreement is too lenient.
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"Market consensus is too lenient," said Antoine Bouvet, rates strategist at Mizuho.
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WADA could have petitioned for either a harsher or more lenient punishment.
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North Dakota voters could approve one of the nation's most lenient marijuana laws.
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The court added the punishments were relatively lenient because the defendants had cooperated.
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Duque has criticized that agreement, saying it was too lenient on the rebels.
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FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE RULES OF ORIGIN WERE FAR TOO LENIENT.
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In the courts, sexual abusers are given incredibly lenient, if not suspended, sentences.
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This drop did not coincide, however, with more lenient rules around social media.
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AUDITORS are often accused of being too lenient on the companies they scrutinise.
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Some decried the sentence, saying his celebrity status contributed to a lenient sentence.
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But even reputable but less popular journals might have more lenient acceptance rates.
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I have been taken advantage of by my lenient policy in the past.
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He touted the company's lenient return policy as part of his sales pitch.
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It took a similarly lenient view when France missed deficit targets last year.
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Persky&aposs sentence sparked nationwide outrage by those who felt it too lenient.
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Greg understands what I'm saying, [but] Greg's more lenient to the metal stuff.
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Provincial judges hand down lenient sentences and allow dangerous criminals out on probation.
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The liberal immigrant rights groups have long-advocated the Democrats' more lenient approach.
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Background checks, too, rely on a criminal justice system that is lenient on
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In many cases, even the prosecutors believed that more lenient terms were appropriate.
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Asked about Gianforte on Thursday, however, some Republican leaders were much more lenient.
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Even so, a few stores made their return rules more lenient this year.
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Prosecutors said the six-year term was "shockingly lenient," however, and they appealed.
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But Dr. Sheikhzadeh refused to become an informant in exchange for lenient treatment.
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He added that 40% of his clients were seeking more lenient payment terms.
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Judge Persky's sentence prompted a backlash, with many criticizing it as too lenient.
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Mr. Dershowitz helped negotiate Mr. Epstein's lenient sentence on sex charges in 2008.
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"Our courts are too lenient on these people," Lesupi told CNN via email.
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He was fined 500 Swiss francs, or about $500, a relatively lenient punishment.
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But so far, the North has appeared to be more lenient toward Australians.
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But so far, the North has appeared to be more lenient toward Australians.
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Most are just busy and stressed, harsh one day and lenient the next.
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Blazing a path Shanghai, with its rich cosmopolitan history, has typically been more lenient.
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During her initial court appearance, Zamora asked the judge to be lenient with bond.
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The new president campaigned on criticising the agreement with the FARC as too lenient.
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States received the money whether their health and safety requirements were strict or lenient.
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The punishment was criticized by anti-discrimination groups, who said it was too lenient.
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The international fuss around Mr Ghosn may even have made the courts more lenient.
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The ruling was met with outrage from those who thought it was too lenient.
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With radical parties gaining ground, the next Commission may be more lenient or weaker.
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The new approach, announced in a blog post today, is more lenient on publishers.
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The IFT "has not been lenient, gentle or generous" with America Movil, Bravo said.
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Meanwhile incompetent police investigations and lenient sentences do very little to deter continued attacks.
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At the time, she emphasized Persky's alleged history of lenient sentencing for sexual crimes.
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Brant tweeted at WeRateDogs to air some grievances against the account's seemingly lenient standards.
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No one wins reelection because more people chose a more lenient loan repayment plan.
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Mueller recommended a lenient sentence for Flynn, given his cooperation in the Russia probe.
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Critics have called that plea deal, which let Epstein avoid federal prosecution, too lenient.
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The sentence was criticized as egregiously lenient, prompting an effort to recall Judge Persky.
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Others are more lenient, and a dozen states do not even require a permit.
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Four months after taking office, Mr. Haldenwang appeared to take a less lenient approach.
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Now, Mr. Duque has requested an overhaul of the tribunals, calling them too lenient.
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The case prompted public outrage over the sentence, which was widely regarded as lenient.
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"I would have been a very lenient cop," Money told Rolling Stone in 2018.
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He received a suspended sentence in August, which her lawyers protested as too lenient.
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But today, Hong Kong's Department of Justice decided that those penalties were too lenient.
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Now, Hernandez is hoping for a more lenient sentence by testifying against his cohorts.
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He completed a 13-month jail sentence that was widely criticized as too lenient.
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But truth be told, the one thing America got right was lenient bankruptcy laws.
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Investigators saw the agreement as lenient, according to people who have spoken with them.
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The supranational lender is, at least, likely to be fairly lenient on budget targets.
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The lenient sentence drew widespread criticism and led to the recall of the judge.
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Earlier this month, those men were given commensurately lenient sentences that nonetheless included prison.
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The judge in that case has since faced a recall attempt over the lenient punishment.
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Most writers try and get in about 750 words, but I'm a bit more lenient.
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First, lax laws, rules and regulations that either were too lenient or simply didn't exist.
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Merkel, whom Trump has criticized for being too lenient in admitting refugees, opposed the order.
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A violation of the plea agreement would hurt any argument Manafort makes for lenient sentencing.
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During her initial court appearance, Zamora asked the judge to be lenient with her bond.
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Mogherini has been criticized by some EU officials for being too lenient towards Russian aggression.
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Judge Williams said she had been relatively lenient due to the circumstances of his case.
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Other filters, however, are more lenient, allowing for example the news or some social media.
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We have a paper showing that judges tend to be more lenient on defendant's birthdays.
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Most German voters now think the government was too lenient on Volkswagen, Daimler, and BMW.
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Instead, they offered evidence that in states with lenient voting laws, millions of people could.
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Cindi's mother, and therefore Debra Newell's mother, is a major player in Billy's lenient punishment.
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Trump has presented Israel with a more lenient approach to its settlements than his predecessor.
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AT&T, Comcast and others sketch their support for lenient — or voluntary — net neutrality rules.
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The DNC set relatively lenient standards for qualifying for the first and second presidential debates.
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Critics accused Judge Aaron Persky, who presided over the case, of being far too lenient.
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But make no mistake, an empathic leader is not about being lenient or laissez-faire.
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The Trump administration since January has signaled a much more lenient approach to antitrust enforcement.
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However, Boca have said they will appeal against the decision which they consider too lenient.
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Are they more lenient with you, or friendlier to you than all of your colleagues?
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Others, known as "title washers," move cars to states where titling laws are more lenient.
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Criminals in big cities were free to prey on innocents because judges were so lenient.
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Florida has some of the nation's most lenient laws when it comes to gun sales.
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Now, one of those jurors is speaking out against the "ridiculously lenient sentence" Turner received.
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Some federal agencies — and administrations — are more lenient than others when it comes to waivers.
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Germany, like many other Western European countries, has traditionally imposed lenient punishments for violent crimes.
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Koch Industries, for example, lobbied hard for sweeping criminal justice changes, including more lenient sentencing.
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It also leads to shockingly lenient and variable sentences for terrible crimes, even child molestation.
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The most lenient option is releasing defendants with a promise to return for their trial.
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Many people, particularly those on the anti-immigrant right, condemned the penalty as too lenient.
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The decision to remove the ads was an exception to Facebook's lenient political speech policy.
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The minister and a high-ranking politician ended up in prison, but with lenient sentences.
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Naturally, this group was roughly split between wanting stricter abortion laws and wanting lenient laws.
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"My boss understands the train issues" and is lenient about arrival time, Mr. Giovine said.
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The contrast does not indicate whether Turner's sentence was too lenient, or Stubblefield's too harsh.
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The lenient sentence eventually led voters in Palo Alto to to recall Judge Aaron Persky.
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" While appealing for a lenient sentence, Teh said his client came from a "humble background.
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So I think in that sense, they're a little bit more lenient to the draconian measures.
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For their part, IntelliSurvey executives were allegedly amenable to a lenient sentence if they were repaid.
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One problem with grading in college courses is that different TAs are more or less lenient.
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Consumers also take advantage of lenient return policies, which multiplies the number of vehicle miles traveled.
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The sentencing is more lenient and forgiving for Brock Turners than it is for Cyntoia Browns.
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Trump has said repeatedly that the standards for entry into the United States are too lenient.
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Federal courts have rejected SEC settlements in the past if the judge thinks they're too lenient.
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It suggests that foreign companies may receive more lenient treatment if they pass into American ownership.
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Trump's replacement rule is much more lenient and allows states more leeway in regulating power plants.
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Mounting criticism over Brock Turner's lenient six-month sentencing has officially made its way to Congress.
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The TSA might be sticklers about liquids, but they're pretty lenient when it comes to food.
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Southwest Airlines currently has a more lenient pet policy than other airlines regarding emotional support animals.
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Relatives of victims who died in the blaze had slammed the proposed sentences as too lenient.
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Only content more extreme than the most lenient personal settings allow will be barred from Facebook.
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It says he has not condemned abortion strongly enough and is too lenient with homosexual Catholics.
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Both countries have sent the EU executive arm letters with arguments why it should be lenient.
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Verma has also indicated that she'll take a lenient approach to states who request coverage waivers.
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Such an FCC would not depend on the kindness of strangers and indulgences of lenient judges.
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It also highlights the effects of lenient gun laws on issues like domestic violence and suicide.
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Thirty-one percent said they were just right while 17 percent said they were too lenient.
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The case drew national attention, with many saying Turner came out with too lenient a sentence.
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Many Colombians felt that the deal was too lenient on the rebels, known as the FARC.
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Black Lives Matter believes she has been too lenient on police officers in excessive-force cases.
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One group, SalmonCamera, plans to challenge the system in court, arguing that it is too lenient.
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But Republican antitrust enforcers, picked by Mr. Trump, may take a more lenient approach to mergers.
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" This federal letter set a new and lenient standard for schools of "more likely than not.
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According to Maddow, he seems motivated mainly by fear, and perhaps the prospect of lenient treatment.
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"Who exactly is trying to ask the government to be lenient for personal gains?" he added.
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They are unnecessarily lenient for a private company to which the First Amendment does not apply.
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The horrific conditions highlight what some experts say are lenient home-schooling regulations in many states.
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His lawyers plan to ask for a more lenient sentence as this is his first offense.
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"Jingle All the Way" (1997) assaulted the senses of even the most lenient of film critics.
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It's unclear how EU regulators will react, but so far they've showed no signs of being lenient.
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Despite having trained in rigid kitchen brigades in France, Pépin has a surprisingly lenient definition of perfection.
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He felt that it looked as though he'd been unfairly lenient to a celebrity defendant, he said.
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Still, the judge said, Sayoc's crimes were "far too horrible" for a "relatively lenient" 10-year sentence.
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The COs, Orta explains, were sometimes lenient, sometimes friendly, which lulled him into a temporary confident feeling.
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These posts could jeopardize his bail and the lenient gag order he received from Jackson last week.
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He was sentenced to 13 months in a county jail, a deal widely criticized as too lenient.
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The JEP, which can issue lenient sentences to ex-fighters who confess to their crimes, is unpopular.
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"It's definitely a lenient ruling," says Kim Kwang-sam of The Ssam, a South Korean law firm.
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Oklahoma, Arizona and California had the highest average statewide levels, though not necessarily above the lenient standard.
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"Many Canadians and other foreigners found Florida so enticing because of its lenient tax laws," said Yun.
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Lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate have raised grave concerns about the lenient treatment Epstein received.
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They're very lenient on things until it's like, you're doing something where it's like, bro, come on.
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Many Africans report registering their visas in nearby Foshan, where the authorities they say are more lenient.
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Like Strother, Persky had an apparent track record for giving men accused of sexual assault lenient sentences.
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Just like lenient regulation through legalization is dangerous, so too is excessive regulation — via punishment — through prohibition.
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Several relatives said they believe the sentences are too lenient and called on the judge to reconsider.
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Trump might hope for the same lenient treatment from Mueller, but that would be a risky bet.
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The cases would often be dismissed or end with a relatively lenient plea deal, Mr. Gonzalez said.
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The lenient verdict prompted outrage and nationwide organizing, and became a turning point in Asian-American politics.
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It issued the ruling after the prosecution appealed his previous sentence of six years as too lenient.
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The more lenient arrangements would not apply to drug gangs, armed traffickers and repeat offenders, ISNA said.
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Those actions constitute murder, plain and simple, but his conviction was lenient due to lack of evidence.
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He served just 13 months in a county jail after cutting a lenient plea deal with prosecutors.
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The light sentence made national news, and sentencing judge Aaron Persky was criticized for the lenient punishment.
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Mr. Ponte also benefited from another lenient arrangement with City Hall, with the approval of the mayor.
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For example, U.S. government policy is more lenient toward people from some countries, less so for others.
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Miller's impact statement in that case was published online after the sentencing, which many criticized as lenient.
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Fuel economy standards around the world tend to become more lenient as car weight and size increase.
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Administration officials believe that the Obama administration's 2015 nuclear deal was too lenient for two main reasons.
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On Sunday, The Sun Sentinel reported that lenient discipline at Broward schools let criminal behavior go unpunished.
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European regulators are much more lenient, requiring a ratio of only 3 percent beginning in January 2018.
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Mr. Barr told ABC that he immediately asked that prosecutors replace it with a more lenient request.
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She looks for precedents in which Israelis received more lenient treatment than her clients in similar circumstances.
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The agreement has been criticized as too lenient by many of Mr. Hadden's accusers, including Ms. Hoechstetter.
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Not surprisingly, it has set off debate, as critics have called the plan too lenient on industry.
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His predecessor in Xinjiang, Zhang Chunxian, was seen by some central government officials as being too lenient.
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At the same time, celebrity-friendly clubs in Hollywood touted their lenient policies with respect to minors.
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Gates' testimony, they stressed, was part of a deal he struck to obtain a more lenient sentence.
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Two of my favorite teachers are very lenient and willing to follow the classes train of thought.
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And while he has been more lenient with abortion, it remains a complex issue for the church.
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It could set lenient standards to get onstage, ensuring even lesser-known candidates get a fair chance.
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Separately, there's also a push to make the FDA more lenient on another aspect of regulation: marketing.
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It also lays out a more lenient schedule for states, giving them three years to develop a strategy.
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Do not give stalkers and harassers lenient sentences when it's clear that they pose a threat. Pass. Stricter.
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"Lambda School wasn't taking just anybody, but they were lenient in their policy to accept people," he says.
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But it's more lenient on statements about subsets of these categories, and about "quasi-protected" categories like refugees.
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Between the lines: Compared to China, India is a much more lenient entry-point from a regulatory perspective.
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David Berry Jr.'s lawyers had argued for a lenient sentence because their client recently had a baby.
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By secretly making recordings, testifying, and pointing fingers, the lawyers claim, they hope to win more lenient sentences.
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Brainwashing lasted until the final moments of the USSR, but the 60s were already a more lenient period.
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The weather gets cooler, everyone's diets get a little more lenient, and out comes this deliciously decadent dessert.
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Researchers concluded an algorithm used in courtroom sentencing was more lenient to white people than to black people.
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For instance, Wells has revised its overdraft rules, to make them more lenient on those who make mistakes.
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Attorney Lisandro Quintanilla said Salvadoran law allows for a more lenient punishment in view of a guilty plea.
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Federal prosecutors sought cooperation from the firms involved in the expanded probe in return for more lenient penalties.
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The lesson is not that society needs to be more lenient with rapists who aren't blond Stanford swimmers.
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Slightly more lenient is the Texas Department of Public Safety in Austin, which passed 60 percent in 2016.
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The judge rejected the deal because it was too lenient, Thom Mrozek at the US attorney's office said.
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The judge cited his young age and his lack of criminal record as reasons for the lenient sentence.
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"Such recognition would have more than likely resulted in a more lenient sentence for my client," Lessem said.
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Edge providers, in contrast, fall under the more lenient privacy enforcement rules of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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The news that the ECB will take a lenient approach is a particular boon for the German Landesbanks.
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Petraeus received far too lenient a punishment for his crimes, but at least he did face the consequences.
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Despite the seemingly lenient sentences, Chen said their rights work would likely be curtailed in the short term.
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Previous administrations have been more lenient, largely reserving criminal charges for repeat offenders and other more serious cases.
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Around the same time, the F.C.C., under pressure from lobbyists, modified the duopoly rule to be more lenient.
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The New York Post described the judge as "star-struck," and many saw the ruling as too lenient.
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The US, Nicaragua, who felt as though the emissions guidelines were too lenient, and, wait for it, Syria.
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And in exchange for that, the hope is they will obtain more lenient treatment at their own sentencing.
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When the N.F.L. season begins on Thursday, new and far more lenient celebration rules will go into effect.
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Yet I remain mystified when people make assumptions about my upbringing having been in some chaotically lenient household.
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The president keeps a key campaign promise by not agreeing to anything his base would consider too lenient.
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When they learn the details of individual cases, however, they often want the government to be more lenient.
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The last-minute changes to the bill carved out special bonuses and lenient rules for companies moving there.
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She said they found several instances of what she described as overly lenient sentencing in sexual assault cases.
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But the increase in adult marijuana use might make it easier to pass more lenient laws, added Hall.
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Judge Strother has been accused of approving lenient sentences for men in two other recent sexual assault cases.
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Amanda's family had pleaded with the judge to give Amanda a more lenient sentence, according to the outlet.
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Some collected money for living expenses, while others stand to get recommendations for more lenient sentences, he said.
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Nonetheless, on Thursday, Berman Jackson demonstrated genuine fairness in meting out a more lenient sentence of 40 months.
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A common parenting problem Sussman sees is that one parent is more lenient and one parent is stricter.
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The former economist told the newspaper the bank has become less lenient about comments made to the media.
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While the automakers would all prefer more lenient targets than the 2025 ones, they differ on the specifics.
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So the plea deal seems not so lenient at all — in fact it may even be extremely harsh.
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So be lenient when it comes to minor faux pas, like mirror selfies or the dreaded fish pic.
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The Premier League, for example, maintains a more lenient attitude to physical contact and even handballs than elsewhere.
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Discovery rules are often more lenient in state court than federal court, and pleading standards are less rigorous.
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They're going to be willing to brainstorm, name suspects, provide details and ... recommend strict rather than lenient punishment.
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A move to soften bail-in rules may be part of the more lenient stance on fiscal policy.
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"You Are The Problem Here" is a direct and pointed response to rapist who received a lenient sentence.
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Some victims' relatives said the shorter sentences agreed to in the plea deal were too lenient, the newspaper reported.
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A court official said that Nguyen admitted to the violation and showed remorse, which resulted in a lenient sentence.
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That decision followed an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) which considered six months as too lenient.
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He chose the casual look, he says, out of deference to the aggressively lenient sartorial sense of Silicon Valley.
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But even an unusually lenient action on immigration from Trump would still be unusually harsh for any other president.
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Their plea came after they reportedly originally thought prosecutors were bluffing when they rejected a more lenient plea deal.
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Sami Kopelman, mother of 34-year-old victim Edmond Lapine, says she also thinks the sentences are too lenient.
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Hayde told FOX31 officials will be far "more lenient" with those charges if the culprit decides to come forward.
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At the most lenient, the FCC could choose to do nothing and implement no net neutrality protections at all.
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The European Union cannot afford to be too lenient on Britain, for fear that other countries will follow suit.
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Later, a group submitted letters to an employee bulletin board requesting a more lenient break schedule and other changes.
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One small example: Ms. Yates pushed for more lenient sentencing laws and an expanded educational system in federal prison.
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The sentence, a SFr7,200 ($7,603) fine, was much more lenient than the prosecution's demand of 12 months in prison.
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Such a move would infuriate Trump's critics, who claim he has been too lenient on Russia since taking office.
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If that sounds lenient, bigger cases of suspected Hungarian misuse of EU funds have led to even less punishment.
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Cosar was fined 500 Swiss francs ($499), a relatively lenient punishment, after being convicted by a Swiss military tribunal.
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The bill also provides for more lenient sentences for sex crimes than currently exist for similar crimes against women.
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Now new evidence has emerged of another possible case that involves Persky to handing down an unusually lenient sentence.
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The FHA-backed loans are increasingly being offered by non-bank lenders with more lenient credit standards than banks.
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Voters recalled Judge Aaron Persky in June, after his decision in the Brock Turner case was considered too lenient.
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Last October's dismissal came after the appeals court in the interim imposed a more lenient standard for whistleblower protection.
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The free pass into Congress is even harder for many Colombians to swallow than lenient treatment by the courts.
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The now-strengthened Corbyn has a disturbing track record of being lenient on terrorism and extremists of many hues.
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The IRS is going to be more lenient about penalties because of the confusion surround the tax code changes.
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In comparison to platforms such as Facebook and Tumblr, Twitter has a reputation for being lenient about pornographic content.
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"The fact that they are paying money and not facing jail time strikes me as more lenient," he said.
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To many Colombians who had endured years of kidnappings and killings by the rebels, the agreement was too lenient.
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Some wrote that if the judiciary was lenient with Mr. Hattar, they would take matters into their own hands.
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I respect Facebook's lenient policy when it comes to speech organically posted to users, organizations or politicians' own accounts.
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But the United States is among the most lenient countries in the world when it comes to data privacy.
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The sentence was accepted by Judge Jane Triche Milazzo after a previous one was found to be too lenient.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has said repeatedly that the standards for entry into the United States are too lenient.
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Why are Muslim leaders, especially those who love to be the champions of oppressed Muslims, so lenient toward China?
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In most court cases, judges, whether lenient or strict, made the same decision as their peers, the study found.
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"Happy might be the wrong word, but the judge granted a lenient sentence," said Steve Haney, who represents Dawkins.
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United States courts would likely be more lenient, especially toward military personnel, and guilty pleas could lighten any sentences.
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And when they do deign to charge a criminal suspect, they are frequently seeking sentences that are pathetically lenient.
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Currently, some of those who break firearms laws to provide weapons to cartels get only lenient sentences including probation.
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Saying he wanted to clear his name, he rejected a lenient plea deal and insisted on going to trial.
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As support for decriminalization grew at home and in the region, the Obama administration took a relatively lenient approach.
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Sentences meted out to perpetrators of violence against women are often lenient, and judges regularly reduce their jail terms.
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Reuters reported in September 2018 that federal prosecutors were seeking cooperation from BRF in return for more lenient penalties.
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Other proposals to consider include offering repentant returnees a more lenient treatment if they provide information to law enforcers.
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The European Commission has the power to reject budgets but it has been lenient over deficits in the past.
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Worries that a large fine would cripple Deutsche have prompted German officials to lobby Washington officials to be lenient.
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They said that the final interviews were rushed and the committee was too lenient in its questioning of witnesses.
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Democrats argue that proposal is too lenient and have instead called for a vote on a measure from Sen.
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Critics alleged the Calderon administration was more lenient on the Sinaloa Cartel than other gangs, based on arrest numbers.
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Not surprisingly, for states with harsher regimes, the reoffending rate is higher than in states with more lenient schemes.
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Some called it a welcome if small dose of justice, while others said the sentence was far too lenient.
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"All along we assumed they were not serious about swearing in, and we've been very lenient," Mr. Njoka said.
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They opted for the former, setting fairly lenient qualification rules (though a handful of contenders were still left out).
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A state EPA spokesperson said the agency was "too lenient" in not enforcing the deadline, according to the Dispatch.
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If the tribunals are perceived as incompetent or too lenient, the prospect of a lasting peace will be in jeopardy.
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Acosta was a US attorney in Miami when he signed off on Epstein's agreement, which many critics called too lenient.
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The written guidelines on this subject haven't been updated since 1984 and express an extremely lenient view of vertical mergers.
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However, according to a new report by Business Insider, Costco's return policy might not be as lenient as you think.
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I think even the judges are a little more lenient than usual because the night just has this incredible energy.
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" Lui then encouraged people who had gone through similar experiences to come forward and "no longer be lenient toward offenders.
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Federal prosecutors including Acosta reached a plea deal with Epstein that has since come under scrutiny as being too lenient.
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This week's charges come more than 10 years after a previous investigation ended in a lenient plea deal in 2008.
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Defense attorneys had sought to have both cases handled by the juvenile court system, where criminal penalties are more lenient.
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"We also want to show that in Linxia, we fully enjoy the lenient ethnic policies of the government," he said.
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Google is a little more lenient, filing sex toys under Adult Content and restricting ads rather than prohibiting them entirely.
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Defense: "Happy might be the wrong word, but the judge granted a lenient sentence," said Steve Haney, who represents Dawkins.
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"... we have an epidemic of issues at schools and the messages that we are sending are lenient sentences," he said.
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After listening to families angrily denouncing the deal as too lenient, Cramer ruled that Almena failed to take adequate responsibility.
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FCA's case will soon be handed over to the new U.S. administration, which the market expects to be more lenient.
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Many Colombians felt the peace deal was too lenient with former rebels, and Duque campaigned on promises to modify it.
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Mr Foster can ask for a new sentencing trial, but he has no guarantee another jury will be more lenient.
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Flynn later pleaded guilty to lying to investigators and agreed to cooperate in hopes of receiving a more lenient sentence.
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Some of the national discourse since then has focused attention on whether athletes in prominent sports receive more lenient treatment.
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The Fairfield case raises more questions about home-schooling regulations in many states, which some experts say are too lenient.
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The government thought the judge's sentence — three years of probation and restitution of $100,000 — was a tad lenient, and appealed.
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Clinton for favoring more lenient immigration policies and calling her attack on Mr. Trump tantamount to an accusation of treason.
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Prosecutors argued the punishment was too lenient, and this new ruling increases Pistorius' sentence to 13 years and five months.
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Yet, the political gravitational pull is clearly moving Democrats toward some of the most lenient immigration policies across the world.
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But Uribe had himself pursued talks with the FARC rebels, on terms more lenient than those eventually offered by Santos.
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The sentence was widely decried as too lenient considering prosecutors had sought six years, triggering an effort to recall Persky.
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But he added that the implementation is unlikely to be on the lenient side of what the rules would allow.
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Don't be lenient with sports brasIf there is one type of fitness gear worth investing in, it's the sports bra.
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In 2013, then-attorney general Eric Holder told federal prosecutors in a memo to be more lenient on drug offenders.
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His reason for killing Adrienne, and the relatively lenient sentence he received, certainly feeds Mr. Trump's xenophobic, fear-mongering narrative.
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"It's a promise of cooperation in return for a lenient treatment," said Shahi, who is not involved in the case.
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Some athletes accused the IOC of hypocrisy, comparing the hardline rule to the committee's supposedly lenient treatment of doping scandals.
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"When they do deign to charge a criminal suspect, they are frequently seeking sentences that are pathetically lenient," Barr said.
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It's surprisingly lenient, unlike other places where overstaying your visa can mean arrest or being banned from the country forever.
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When Pyrrhus offered Rome a comparatively lenient peace treaty, many of its senior statesmen were keen to take the deal.
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Ms. Backman said that she did not allow dogs inside, but that her son was more lenient on such matters.
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His lenient plea agreement in a 2008 sexual misconduct conviction drew renewed scrutiny after a Miami Herald report last year.
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Now Hong Kong's Department of Justice has reopened the case on the specious grounds that their punishment was too lenient.
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HSBC said a gradual easing in Chinese monetary policy and expectations for more lenient housing measures could boost buying sentiment.
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Today, we're a bit more lenient with the term, extending it to include all of the season's chunky platform boots.
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Appeals officers often feel pressure to be lenient, said Willie Chin, a recently retired Appeals officer who handled corporate cases.
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When they balked at his demands for a lenient plea deal in the summer of 1988, he turned on them.
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The lawyer, Paul Shechtman, had included in a court filing a letter from Dr. Potenza, arguing for a lenient sentence.
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He was given a brief sentence: eighteen months in a county jail, with access to a lenient work-release program.
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After the sentencing, Nicole Borthwick, who knew some of the victims, said outside court that the judge was too lenient.
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The defense asked for a more lenient prison sentence, arguing that there was no definitive link to any health consequences.
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I guess that's part of the deal, yet the tale as a whole, though filthy-mouthed, is lenient and humane.
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Also on Friday, the United Nations criticized as too lenient the 18-month prison sentence given on Tuesday to Sgt.
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She agreed that the sentence was too lenient, adding that her "stomach was in knots" while reading the victim's statement.
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The Obama administration's support for flexible and lenient sentencing laws led to a rare drop in the federal prison population.
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Her sons grew up around their more lenient grandmother, while Ms. Rivera acknowledged she can be harder on her boys.
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When such a system faces determined hackers, sophisticated law-enforcement agencies, lenient legislation, and obstinate telecom providers, the system loses.
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The day after the attack, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised that New Zealand's lenient gun laws would change.
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These individuals now have an opportunity to come forward -- and perhaps receive more lenient treatment than if they stay silent.
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Most of them refused the statutory offer to repent of their actions in order to receive a more lenient sentence.
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Both parties' views on crime grew more lenient in light of the massive decline in crime rates in the 1990s.
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At the height of the financial crisis, Europe was much more lenient in allowing member states to salvage their sagging lenders.
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One said Acosta likely gave his defenders more information to counter accusations that he was too lenient in the Epstein case.
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The families of the victims—four of whom died, and nine of whom were injured—were outraged at the lenient sentence.
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The country has already benefited from lenient fiscal treatment from the Commission for years, using various options to achieve higher spending.
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Lopez has struck a deal giving him lenient treatment in exchange for his cooperation in the investigation, according to court documents.
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It therefore seems reasonable to suggest that a permanent ban from an online game is, if anything, a highly lenient punishment.
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Although Google regularly kicks out sizable numbers of malicious apps, it has always been more lenient on spammy apps than Apple.
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Prosecutors had asked that Turner be sentenced to six years in prison, and critics are blasting the decision as too lenient.
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Epstein's lenient plea deal at the time allowed him to avoid federal charges and the prospect of facing life in prison.
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Elsewhere in the hospital, Avery's mom shows up to Bailey's office and calls her overly lenient, advising her to fire Karev.
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Outcry over Persky's sentence, which was considered too lenient in the eyes of many, led to a campaign to recall Persky.
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Other complaints about the RSPO are that its standards are too lenient and that it has little power to enforce them.
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But let's assume physics is feeling lenient today, and by some miracle, we have an adult human at 100th the size.
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There are plenty of incentives for the new government of Jair Bolsonaro to be lenient, not least its pro-business bent.
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Furthermore, it seems that officials affiliated with the PT, fearing a drubbing at the polls, became strategically lenient around election time.
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Movies are more violent, ratings more lenient, and overall gun-use in film has risen approximately 21% in the last decade.
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By the more lenient standard, the group found the tap water of 7 million Americans has dangerous levels of chromium-6.
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President Barack Obama's Justice Department took a more lenient stance toward those states, although there were some legal battles then, too.
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Mr Duque, who had criticised the agreement with the FARC as too lenient, is adopting a tougher stance towards the ELN.
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Women's rights groups expressed outrage over Aniva's sentence, calling it too lenient and saying it would not deter would-be offenders.
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Holden has been criticized in the past for being too lenient in his sentencing of men who commit crimes against children.
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Most hospitals in France are state-owned, meaning the hijab is banned (though they are more lenient with visitors than staff).
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Manafort had agreed to help the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election in exchange for lenient sentencing.
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Overall, retailers have been getting more flexible with their return policies in recent years, yet some are more lenient than others.
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The Appeals Court just upped the sentence to 15 years ... agreeing with prosecutors that the 6 year sentence was shockingly lenient.
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It was sort of a tacit agreement that they'd take care of me, and I would be lenient about the capybara.
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N, but the drugstore company is likely hoping the potentially more lenient Federal Trade Commission gets the nod, antitrust experts say.
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Because of lenient trademark laws, there are over 203 unofficial Ivanka-branded products in China including milk powder and sanitary napkins.
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Prosecutors had asked for a 25-year sentence, and may appeal the sentence as too lenient, experts following the case said.
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Trump has repeatedly railed against the deal, calling it "terrible" and "the worst ever," arguing it is too lenient on Iran.
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On Wednesday, Chicago's City Council overwhelmingly passed a relatively lenient bill governing how sites like Airbnb could operate in the city.
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That marks a sharp contrast with Holder, who pressed federal prosecutors to be more lenient with nonviolent, low-level drug offenders.
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They also say that, under the legislation, gun owners will only have to abide by requirements of the most lenient states.
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Most lenient sentencing recommendation Flynn is scheduled to be sentenced December 18 by federal Judge Emmet Sullivan in DC federal court.
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Unless the chart administrators reconsider their lenient remix eligibility criteria, by this time next year we could see his win demolished.
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Another reason to file your return even if you can't pay is this: The IRS might be more lenient with you.
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The ruling may also curtail exports from the United States, which has taken a more lenient view of gene-edited foods.
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In New York City, the strictest judges are more than twice as likely to demand bail as the most lenient ones.
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Two Republican senators, Mike Lee of Utah and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, voted against it, considering it too lenient to immigrants.
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In his 2014 book, "Charlie Chaplin," the author Peter Ackroyd suggests the star was attracted by the lenient Swiss tax code.
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Colombian President Ivan Duque, who has criticized the peace deal for being too lenient, has called dissident FARC members narco-terrorists.
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Judge Persky's ruling drew criticism from those who viewed it as too lenient, and he was recalled by voters in 2018.
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The team eventually negotiated a lenient plea bargain with federal prosecutors that allowed him to plead guilty to state prostitution charges.
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They said in a statement on Friday that the sentences were too lenient and called for tougher penalties for corporate crimes.
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But depending on a given community's nutritional ethos, the Smart Snacks rules could be seen as too lenient or too stringent.
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He previously avoided federal prosecution for sex crimes in a 2007 plea deal that has been widely criticized as too lenient.
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Yet the statute that applies to fatal incidents in other industrial settings is even more lenient than the Mine Safety Act.
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The George W. Bush administration, for example, quickly wrapped up the Clinton administration's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, and on lenient terms.
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The IRS is always more lenient with taxpayers who come forward on their own accord rather than those that get discovered.
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But Conservative lawmakers and right-wing tabloids in the UK — including some owned by Murdoch — blasted law enforcement as too lenient.
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Should they be treated more like adolescents, handled in the comparatively lenient juvenile system, or more like hardened 35-year-olds?
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Administration officials have long been critical of the first asylum interview, known as a credible fear screening, as being too lenient.
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Although Zappos still finds some customers are happy to have the lenient return policy, many expect it from retailers, Siefker said.
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He signed an executive order earlier this year directing the Treasury Department to be lenient in its enforcement of the law.
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Those overseas should "abandon illusions" and grasp the opportunity to surrender, in order to receive more lenient treatment, the official added.
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McCarty specifically disputed the argument that Clinton's lenient position was a net plus because it was crucial in mobilizing Hispanic voters.
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When her trial finally came, Manning pled guilty to lesser charges in hopes that the judge would be lenient in sentencing.
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For the cynics in the crowd, though, the more lenient guidelines seem to also reflect just how few Americans are physically active.
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These are red flag offenses that will cause any responsible prosecutor to tread carefully before accepting a lenient disposition in such cases.
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Airlines haven't been shy that the no-frills product is there to encourage travelers to pay a higher, more lenient fare instead.
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The Covington attorneys helped to win the most lenient support from prosecutors for Flynn compared to any cooperator in the Mueller investigation.
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The couple's plea comes after it was reported they originally thought prosecutors were bluffing when they rejected a more lenient plea deal.
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The federal charges against Epstein come more than 10 years after a previous investigation in Florida ended in a lenient plea deal.
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It also provides a more lenient citizenship path for DACA recipients, which has fewer conditions and takes four years rather than 11.
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He also noted that that the central government would not be "obscure or lenient" in quashing acts that promoted Hong Kong independence.
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She cooperated with authorities, though, agreeing to aid in the investigation into the prison break in exchange for a more lenient sentence.
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Their biggest objection is to the "transitional-justice" provisions, which offer lenient sentences to FARC members if they confess to their crimes.
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That allowed her to compare genes that were patented by lenient examiners with largely similar genes denied patents by their stricter colleagues.
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That gives the Fed's policymakers room to be lenient, meaning they can avoid the premature tightening they have often been criticised for.
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Foes of the accord argue that the special transitional-justice system (JEP) that members of the FARC will face is too lenient.
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Baseball is even more lenient: if an underclassman is drafted but doesn't sign a contract, they can return to school no problem.
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So if the 45-year-old Real Housewives of New Jersey star is a little lenient with her parenting-style, it's understandable.
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So let's make a deal: In every state, tech regulations should be judged against the most lenient gun law on the books.
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According to WPTV, the judge also cited the girls' decision to take money for sex as a reason for his lenient sentence.
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" A younger former member, also requesting anonymity because he works in the High Court, believed he was fired for being "too lenient.
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His right-wing party, Democratic Center, campaigned against the peace deal, saying it was too lenient on the rebels for drug crimes.
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Karp got to work on his own book, wanting to document his techniques for calming crying while promoting a more lenient approach.
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He said other major countries such as China and India are being held to much more lenient standards that the United States.
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It set lenient standards, to help let even lower-profile, little-known candidates have a fair shot to get in the debate.
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The IRS has been lenient about retirees who forget to take their RMD, said Maura Cassidy, vice president of retirement at Fidelity.
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Zuma threatened on Friday to pull out of the inquiry before his demand for a more lenient form of questioning was granted.
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But she said Sanders' record showed a more lenient attitude toward the demands of the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA) gun lobby.
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Instead they will be governed by more lenient U.S. privacy laws, said Michael Veale, a technology policy researcher at University College London.
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The league's handling of those incidents — including arguably lenient punishments — have had many calling for commissioner Roger Goodell's resignation in recent years.
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One danger is that banks lend to their corporate shareholders on more lenient terms than to regular borrowers, regardless of credit risks.
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Be too harsh and another city will become more attractive; be too lenient and tech investment could do more harm than good.
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Administration officials have blamed the tide of women seeking asylum in the U.S., particularly those from Central America, on overly lenient laws.
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In 2008, Acosta played a key role in negotiating a lenient plea deal for Epstein while serving as US attorney in Miami.
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The terms of the JEP had been criticized by Duque for being too lenient on rebel commanders accused of committing war crimes.
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While some referees are extremely strict on leg catches in Glory, others seem lenient on catching a kick and returning with punches.
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Wince's attorney argued for a more lenient sentence of probation and home confinement, citing his service in the Navy and law enforcement.
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"Taking a more lenient stance on clean-air or clean-water rules would do nothing to help coal demand," Mr. Book said.
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Sadly, the Obama administration encouraged this big-car bias by setting more lenient mileage and greenhouse gas emission requirements for larger vehicles.
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Mr. Mahathir's successor, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, also of UMNO, was more lenient, partly on the advice of a coterie of young advisers.
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While all of these stores offer a price-matching feature of some sort, some policies are more lenient, while others are stricter.
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Officials from the George W. Bush administration, which was in power at the time, accused ElBaradei of being too lenient towards Iran.
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South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal issued the ruling after the prosecution appealed his previous sentence of six years as too lenient.
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Mueller had asked for a lenient sentence and requested no jail time for Flynn, citing his "substantial assistance" in the Russia investigation.
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Previously, bad schools that were facing closing could look for a new, more lenient charter sponsor to allow them to stay open.
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The judge gave Sayoc a relatively lenient sentence of 20 years on the ground that Sayoc did not intend to hurt anyone.
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In hacking down Paul Allen, he made sure that future generations would never see such unsportsmanlike behaviour given so lenient a sanction.
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One thing I think has happened is that people are more willing to speak up and share their dislike of lenient outcomes.
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Setting aside the claims of political victimization, Trump likely stands to reap benefits from Florida's lenient tax climate for two key reasons.
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But several countries, including China and India, are expected to push for a more lenient system that is reliant on self-reporting.
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Her lawyer, Martina Kronström, described the court's verdict as "very harsh for Finland," which has one of Europe's most lenient judicial systems.
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He had faced a maximum of five years in prison, though likely would have received a far more lenient sentence if convicted.
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Mr. Cox said he believed the system was too lenient and that "plea bargains" had allowed too many criminals onto the streets.
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The only Republican implicated, he also received the most lenient finding by the ethics committee, which found him guilty of poor judgment.
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Shortly after, the DOJ asked the judge for a more lenient sentence, leading the entire prosecutorial team to withdraw from the case.
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That deal came apart when it was publicly disclosed in a filing by one of Falcone's companies and criticized as too lenient.
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The Global Times, citing an unidentified national security official, said that China would be lenient with students who pleaded guilty and repented.
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With millions of people behind bars, including a rising population of women, is it prudent to punish a judge for being lenient?
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Congress also recently passed legislation mandating the use of the SHAKEN/STIR technology—albeit with a rather lenient deadline of 18 months.
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Some White House aides are resisting Mr. Wolf as the choice because they believe he would be too lenient on immigration policy.
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The same office had been lenient with the accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and initially failed to prosecute accusations against Harvey Weinstein.
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She pleaded guilty to manslaughter and child endangerment, and agreed to testify for the prosecution in return for a more lenient sentence.
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The committee's recent resolution is more lenient than one in May that asked the city to "discontinue" free parking on the street.
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As a law professor who focuses on civil rights in the criminal justice system, I can understand why Carter's sentence seems lenient.
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That is a more lenient standard than for other refugee applicants, who must prove they face a well-founded fear of persecution.
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But after President Trump called their recommendation a "miscarriage of justice," federal officials stepped in to call for a more lenient sentence.
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Analysts have criticised the existing EU test as being more lenient that the test of U.S. banks conducted by the Federal Reserve.
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He previously escaped federal prosecution by pleading guilty in 2008 to Florida state prostitution charges, an agreement now widely considered too lenient.
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His defense team hopes her sentence will be lenient enough that Manafort can return to a normal life after serving his time.
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Federal sentencing guidelines are advisory, but judges must sufficiently justify major departures resulting in sentences that might appear unusually lenient or harsh.
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My hypothesis is that there are two standards of behavior: a lenient one for boys, and a rigid, demanding one for girls.
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"The extraordinarily lenient sentence in this case was an abuse of discretion," wrote Ragatz, the assistant county attorney, in the state's June appeal.
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Her supporters also argue that other figures in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election have received far more lenient treatment.
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Robert Mueller's prosecutors gave him a lenient sentencing recommendation, suggesting to Judge Emmet Sullivan in DC that he should face no jail time.
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The Mexican referees' association said the initial punishments were too lenient and went on strike, with the weekend's first division fixtures called off.
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She also said the authorities had failed to secure convictions on rape and torture charges, resulting in a sentence that was too lenient.
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They often need to sign off on cancellations anyway, she said, and may have more leeway to be lenient on terms and fees.
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He often flies his latest addition in front of his office, where he questionably experiments attaching objects on top of the lenient quadrupeds.
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"There's a regular glut of cases reported in the media about judges handing down lenient sentences with regards to sexual violence," he explains.
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Of the 27 member states, fully 20 have shifted to a more lenient mix of positions, whereas only one (Ireland) has grown tougher.
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Part of Judge Aaron Persky's rationale for the lenient sentence was that a longer prison term might have a "severe impact" on Turner.
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After Epstein's latest arrests, a slew of Democratic congressional members called for Acosta — accused of brokering a lenient plea deal — to step down.
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City authorities suggest they will be lenient towards those who have recently signed new leases, and hint that some NGOs will be exempt.
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If I'm an assigning judge and I assign asylum too many times in a row, I may worry that I'm becoming too lenient.
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Trump had been seen as offering more lenient conditions on trade and deferring other actions in return for Chinese help on North Korea.
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Some relatives and friends of shooting victims blamed Florida's lenient gun laws, which allow an 18-year-old to buy an assault rifle.
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As many sexual offenders don't just offend once, but multiple times, it is possible that a lenient criminal justice approach enables future victimization.
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Washington's lenient approach to corporate power in recent decades — from both parties — has aggravated inequality, and it's time for that approach to change.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's government will appeal Oscar Pistorius' six-year murder sentence because it was "shockingly lenient", state prosecutors said on Thursday.
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Schools were lenient about attendance during deer season, allowing miners and their sons to blow off steam in windblown tree stands each fall.
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Young managers, especially, might make a point to be firm and not seem too lenient so as not to get taken advantage of.
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In a British government survey analysing public perceptions of sentencing in 2008-2011, three-quarters of those questioned believed sentences were too lenient.
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We were always more lenient in our attitudes toward criminal punishment, and saw ourselves as being more advanced than these punitive European societies.
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Germans go to the polls in the autumn and tend to shun politicians who appear lenient towards Greece and other southern European countries.
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Once dedicated to furthering a criminal enterprise, they now dedicate themselves to proving their value to prosecutors in return for more lenient treatment.
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Krischer wasn't the only one to find issue with the labor secretary's press conference or the details surrounding his lenient plea with Epstein.
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It's not clear whether the latest statement marks a tougher approach from Duterte, who's been accused of being too lenient on the issue.
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The new rules - criticized as too lenient by environmentalists - were adopted by U.N.'s aviation agency, the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization.
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"From the reduction rate perspective, this year seems to be more lenient than last year," said Zhao Yu, an analyst at Huatai Futures.
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Epstein served 85033 months in jail about 10 years ago after reaching a deal with prosecutors that has been panned as too lenient.
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"If this person, who might very well be a young person, were to come forward, we might be much more lenient," Hayde said.
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Full-spectrum CBD should be fine and dandy in most places, but should be used with caution in states that are less lenient.
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When they rule in favor of immigrants, they are subject to criticism that they are too lenient and are not enforcing our laws.
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Mueller said last year that Flynn provided "substantial assistance" in the Russia investigation and other inquiries, recommending he be given a lenient sentence.
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The Trump administration has taken a more lenient stance toward Assad, breaking with the Obama administration's past calls for him to abdicate power.
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Mr. Callejas's plea may signal a willingness to cooperate with the authorities, whose investigation is continuing, in hopes of a more lenient sentence.
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Trump has cast his estranged personal lawyer as a liar willing to tell investigators anything in order to gain a more lenient sentence.
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Ms. Michaeli said a murder charge would be even more unlikely in a system that Israeli rights groups say is lenient on soldiers.
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Turner's six month sentence in 2016 had sparked widespread outrage with many arguing it was too lenient for the nature of the crimes.
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Colombians rebuffed the deal largely because they thought it was too lenient on the FARC, enabling most fighters to walk away scot-free.
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The court was lenient because the general was known for making wild statements, and his men ignored many of his most outrageous commands.
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Other justices raised concerns that overruling the precedents could hamper subsequent federal civil rights prosecutions after acquittals or lenient sentences in state courts.
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While many at the time said Ohio State was too lenient, there is every indication that, to Meyer, the suspension was too severe.
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The defense argued that Mr. Rechnitz would say whatever he thought would help him get a more lenient sentence for his own crime.
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Richard Pound, the I.O.C.'s longest-serving member, skipped the meeting in protest of what he considered to be lenient treatment of Russia.
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The new law represents an important departure for Louisiana, which once had some of the most lenient anti-hazing laws in the nation.
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Mr. Duque was aided by his party's long opposition to the peace deal; it argued that it was too lenient on drug traffickers.
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Lacey and organizers with Black Lives Matter have reportedly battled over her record on prosecuting police officers, which demonstrators say is too lenient.
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The Federal Trade Commission is also responsible for this state of affairs — its lenient attitude toward Silicon Valley allowed the industry to misbehave.
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Since 2016, the majority of dissatisfied respondents wanted stricter laws, averaging 16.4 percentage points higher than their counterparts who called for lenient laws.
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Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said on Sunday that his namesake banking regulation bill Dodd-Frank should have been more lenient towards smaller banks.
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Benjamin Brafman, a lawyer for Shkreli, told Reuters he was disappointed by the ruling but hopeful the judge will impose a lenient sentence.
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Florida has become a hotbed for self-driving cars, thanks to its mild weather, unique demographics, lenient laws and an ambitious state senator.
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While they did not recommend any specific sentence, the prosecutors said Mr. Gates had earned a more lenient sentence than the guidelines suggest.
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The magistrate told the girl not to expect a lenient sentence if she committed a more serious offence next time, the broadcaster said.
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Rand Paul was too lenient, the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday, ordering a lower court to issue a new sentence.
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But he'd likely be sentenced in step with federal guidelines that typically call for a much more lenient punishment for first-time offenders.
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The commission is attributing the decline to Obama-era orders urging federal prosecutors to be more lenient with nonviolent, low-level drug offenders.
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Trump and his supporters have slammed immigration officials under the Obama administration for being too lenient, alleging officials released criminals they could have deported.
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Even though this order is more lenient than the previous one, critics are still calling it discriminatory because it again targets Muslim-majority countries.
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Lawyers representing Pell argued for a lenient sentence, presenting Judge Peter Kidd with 10 character references, including one from former prime minister John Howard.
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Confessing to a lese-majeste crime is routine practice in Thailand, where the accused often plead guilty in hopes of a more lenient sentence.
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Long touting itself as "customer-obsessed," Amazon is famous for its incredibly lenient refund policy—something the Finans were more than happy to abuse.
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Modi has been criticized by opposition politicians of being lenient toward several citizens that have left their country in recent years to escape prosecution.
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After a federal judge gave the father and son duo a more lenient sentence, the prosecution successfully appealed, meaning they were resentenced in 2015.
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Duque has not specified what changes he would make to the agreement, but believes it is too lenient and rebel leaders belong in jail.
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Turner was ultimately convicted of three felony counts of sexual assault (though he also received a lenient punishment largely thanks to inconsistent sentencing laws).
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But if you were planning to give something back to Nordstrom, a store famously lenient about returns, you may meet more resistance than usual.
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It also rejected Fogle's assertion that because he had viewed the child pornography but not produced it, his sentence should have been more lenient.
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At least one Costco store in Hawaii has apparently been a target of vacationers making the most of the warehouse club's lenient return policy.
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The more lenient standard is both widely shared and more reasonable, the court held, "absent some special relationship of trust" between the sexual partners.
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At a campaign stop Thursday in Myrtle Beach, Mr. Rubio twice tied Mr. Cruz to more lenient positions on immigration that are unpopular here.
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Some compared it to the recent sexual assault case out of Stanford University that ended in a sentence also criticized for being too lenient.
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Guatemala's congress back-pedaled on its attempt to change the law to make punishment for corruption more lenient by replacing jail sentences with fines.
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Critics of Harris and lenient immigration policies allege that her positions amount to amnesty and protections for those who have, by definition, committed crimes.
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A court official said that Nguyen, who is of Vietnamese descent, admitted to the violation and showed remorse, which resulted in a lenient sentence.
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"The sentence of six years is shockingly lenient to the point where it has the effect of trivializing this serious offense," the court said.
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You have to wade through a couple of subplots but it's worth it, I think: 3D: "Became lenient" could be a positive, couldn't it?
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But Manafort, who ran Trump's presidential campaign for several months in 2016, could face a less-lenient judge in his final sentencing next week.
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Now AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile sell only monthly installment plans and full-price phones, and are more lenient about customers switching networks.
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Many critics have called the agreement too lenient, and it led to Acosta's July 12 resignation as U.S. President Donald Trump's secretary of labor.
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"What worries me is because Alabama has more lenient rules on age of marriage and that makes me a little bit upset," he says.
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Kasich offered a more lenient perspective on illegal immigration, favoring a "guest worker" program for Mexican migrants with the opportunity to become legal residents.
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After a powerful letter that Turner's victim read to him in court went viral, it sparked international outrage over Persky's lenient sentencing of Turner.
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But infuriated liberal voters will be equally as energized, Sharry argued, while crucial independents will also flock to the Democrats' more lenient immigration positions.
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But clearly, he is testifying with the hope of receiving a more lenient sentence than the three years in prison a judge has decreed.
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Monica Lassettre, the probation officer who wrote sentencing recommendations, advised the judge to be lenient partly on the grounds that Mr. Turner was drunk.
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Before the sanctions, Kalashnikov's plan for expansion focused on the United States, where gun ownership laws are more lenient than in many other countries.
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Somewhat ironically, Europe, which has been quick to ban cosmetic ingredients, is more lenient in its approval of sunscreen ingredients than the US is.
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A number of countries have employed the punishment for convicted sex offenders and pedophiles, in many cases in exchange for more lenient prison sentences.
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Recent statements from the main agencies responsible for economic planning and managing state assets have also taken a more lenient stance on managing debt.
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Despite the more lenient rules, players are still getting caught, including Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon, who sat out the entire 2015 season.
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Mr. Uribe had argued that the agreement was too lenient on the rebels, who he said should be prosecuted as murderers and drug traffickers.
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"The sentence of six years' imprisonment is shockingly lenient to a point where it has the effect of trivializing this serious offense," he added.
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In comparison, Yestar's credit terms with imaging products supplier Fujifilm are much more lenient than the credit terms Yestar offers to its imaging customers.
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Speier then proceeded to read excerpts of the victim's statement, which runs more than 7,85033 words, questioning why Turner deserved a relatively lenient sentence.
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It's true: Ignoring climate science is a boon for real estate developers, while lenient waste rules are a gift to agriculture and coal industries.
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The Justice Department cited the company's efforts to disclose the conduct, improve its compliance program and discipline employees as reasons for the lenient treatment.
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The sexual assault case is one of several recent episodes that activists say show a troubling trend toward lenient punishment for young white perpetrators.
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An appeals court last month scheduled a retrial on just four days' notice after prosecutors argued Schellenberg's sentence was too lenient, the AP reported.
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If prosecutors determine that Mr. Meek's cooperation is "substantial," the agreement says, they will petition the court to be more lenient in sentencing him.
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Jefferies told clients the ruling may lead to more mergers moves because it raises the perception of a "more lenient regulatory environment" for acquisitions.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said last year that he would pull out of the 2015 agreement, arguing that it was too lenient on China.
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If the Trump administration actually limited its deportation efforts to convicted criminals, it would be more lenient than the Obama administration has ever been.
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He, along with many Colombians, regards the sentences it can hand out as too lenient and its judges as too sympathetic to the defendants.
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Activists see parallels in the strategies of opponents of more lenient sentencing laws in California and the rhetoric on crime at the national level.
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"The courts recognize that sparing a trial and cost of the proceeding is an incentive to getting a more lenient sentence," Mr. Ryan said.
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Deutsche Wohnen shares jumped 9.6% after a German newspaper reported that an incoming rent freeze in Berlin could be more lenient than previously planned.
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They keep them on for the time it takes them to pass the bar and are lenient in giving them two chances, Chess said.
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I heard from attorneys in both the district attorney's and public defender's offices that certain judges had repeatedly chastised prosecutors for being too lenient.
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Some parents who have pleaded guilty in the admissions fraud case are turning to consultants and doctors in an effort to secure lenient sentences.
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He had pleaded guilty in 2008 to a Florida state prostitution charge, and completed a 13-month jail sentence now widely considered too lenient.
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Instead, they presented a litany of the arguments that Mr. Stone's own lawyers had made for ignoring the guidelines and giving him lenient treatment.
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The peace accords were initially struck down by a narrow majority of voters, who were angered that it was too lenient on the rebels.
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During Reconstruction, Johnson was lenient to the Southern states, which led to restrictive "black codes" that ended up decimating the freedoms of freed slaves.
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As a science major, Bhuiyan said she has labs she cannot miss, and she wants ASU to be more lenient with its attendance policy.
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Facebook took a lenient policy of accepting political ads even if they contain false information, while Twitter imposed a ban on political ads altogether.
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When the president inquired whether it was possible to be lenient with former national security adviser James Flynn, that was an awkward, inappropriate inquiry.
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Moody's acknowledged that it used a more lenient standard for certain financial products and did not make public the differences from its published standards.
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So, although Judge Ellis angered many with his especially lenient sentence of Manafort, don't count on him being removed from office because of it.
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Though he faces a total of up to 65 years on all eight counts, the plea agreement provides for a far more lenient sentence.
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"Every criminal defendant will have an incentive to show progress toward rehabilitation — they'll have the motivation of securing a more lenient sentence," he said.
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In that aspect, I am more lenient with my kids, but at the same time, I still do a lot of what my parents did.
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The expectation federal watchdogs will be more lenient under the Republican administration is creating tension with Democrat state regulators, in some cases sparking legal clashes.
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"There should be no weak link in the EU, where people could shop around for the most lenient scheme," EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova said.
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For the past two years, CFIUS in its current form has been criticized by national security experts for being overly lenient when reviewing Chinese deals.
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The verdict could be challenged at UEFA's appeals committee by independent disciplinary inspectors who worked on the case if they decide it was too lenient.
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And if he succeeds in kneecapping the country's environmental regulators, that should mean more lenient treatment of carbon-intensive industries including oil, gas and coal.
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Too lenient, and foreign parts-producers will sneak their wares into North American cars, benefiting from tariff-free access that their governments did not negotiate.
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Furthermore, when patients are informed of potential risks associated with certain types of attire, they are more lenient in their preferences for a physician's appearance.
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" Trump said Tuesday that the previous administration was too lenient and didn't do enough to prosecute drug offenders: "We're not going to let it go.
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Any of these people can either come forward, or be enticed to offer information in exchange for lenient treatment, if the were arrested for crimes.
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The Justice Department said it agreed to a more lenient penalty with General Cable because the company came forward and disclosed the misconduct to authorities.
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While many users were pleased the court took into account he was protecting his mother, some felt a five-year jail term was too lenient.
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This was in part because the security at gay bars is often on the lenient side—metal detectors and armed guards are a rare sight.
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Supporters of the campaign to recall Judge Aaron Persky, criticized for giving Turner a lenient sentence, will hold a rally outside the San Jose prison.
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Momentum grew in Allen's favor after it was revealed McClain was lenient in the handling of then-Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice's domestic abuse case.
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Trump hasn't always had a lenient view on those suspected of leaking classified information, suggesting in 2014 that leaker Edward Snowden should have been executed.
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If you refinance federal loans, you'll sacrifice federal protections, including loan forgiveness, more lenient deferment or forbearance and access to an income-driven repayment plan.
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Epstein served 13 months in jail about 10 years ago after reaching the deal with prosecutors that has been denounced widely as being too lenient.
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Prosecutors had suggested a nine-year prison term for Sharper under a multiple-jurisdictional plea deal, but Milazzo rejected that as too lenient in June.
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But if they are to be lenient, they will need to believe last quarter's slip-up was an aberration and Noble can start generating cash.
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Those more lenient rules would include allowing companies to be unprofitable at IPO and to allow for multiple share classes, presumably with differential voting rights.
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And some countries have a blanket policy of prosecuting all adults who return, while others are more lenient with returning women than they are men.
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The attorney general guides US attorneys—the top federal prosecutors appointed by the president—toward stricter or more lenient sentences through so-called charging memos.
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After previous governments were accused of being too lenient, the government that formed last year took a tougher approach, drawing a different kind of criticism.
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When executives from the Big Three automakers went to the White House last spring to ask for more lenient emissions rules, their prospects looked rosy.
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The sentence for Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, struck many as lenient, compared with the 27 to 28 years recommended under sentencing guidelines.
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Ultimately, it's worth keeping in mind that Runkel says he sees parents being too lenient much more often than he sees them being too harsh.
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Proponents of more lenient criminal enforcement of psilocybin cite studies indicating that the drug can be beneficial for treating depression and anxiety among cancer patients.
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I was given a five year suspended sentence, which is really lenient by most judicial standards, and released after 150 days in jail on remand.
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Water utilities should also adopt lenient payment schedules and payment plans with extended schedules, and offer sufficient notice to customers before shutting off their water.
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Once they do, they will be petitioning an agency that Mr. Trump has ordered to be less lenient than it was under President Barack Obama.
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Raz, or so I thought at first, was more lenient than Serge; he concentrated more on technique, and so his training sessions seemed less strenuous.
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The peace deal almost collapsed in October after Colombian voters rejected it in a referendum, reckoning the first version was too lenient on the rebels.
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In December 2018, prosecutors filed an initial sentencing memo to Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, a Clinton appointee, noting Flynn's cooperation and recommending a lenient sentence.
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During the hearings on Wednesday, one of the girls read a statement asking the judge to be lenient, saying the family was suffering "needless" misery.
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The Mexican referees' association said the initial punishments were too lenient and went on strike, forcing a round of league fixtures to be called off.
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There's no single cause for the increase, but activists have pointed to more lenient enforcement of traffic safety laws and increasing numbers of distracted drivers.
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His sentence, widely considered unjustly lenient, became a catalyst for broader conversations about campus rape and the role that privilege plays in the criminal justice system.
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Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky's sentence, handed down on June 2, was widely criticized as too lenient, drawing significant public outcry and media coverage.
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Zakia Jafri, whose husband Ehsan, a former Congress party legislator, died in the blaze at the housing complex, said the sentences on Friday were too lenient.
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Flynn has not yet been sentenced for his crime, but got one of the most lenient reviews among all cooperators in the Mueller investigation so far.
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"Post the Trump win and the election, I think [health officials] will be far more lenient to Medicare," when it comes to regulatory pressure, said Gupte.
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The doctor agrees to not get the authorities involved, but says once he's off his shift that evening, the next doctor might not be so lenient.
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The only thing that could stand to work against Huffman is if the judge doesn't want to appear lenient to a celebrity, the L.A. Times reports.
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"Aaron Persky gave too lenient a sentence to Brock Turner, a former Stanford Swimmer convicted of sexual assault," the campaign committee wrote on its website RecallAaronPersky.com.
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State prosecutors, led by advocate Gerrie Nel, say the sentence was too lenient as the jail term was less than half the 15-years they sought.
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Some officials said Juncker, who will leave the Commission in October, would stick to his lenient stance and leave the issue to the next EU executive.
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Insurers have complained that the government has been too lenient in allowing consumers to sign up after open enrollment, making it difficult to manage plan costs.
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And while judges are overturning fewer negative determinations than they used to, they may well have a more lenient credibility standard than Border Patrol agents do.
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Over the weekend and on Monday, the horrific testimonials from the friends and family who (apparently successfully) begged for a lenient punishment began to drip out.
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The conservative Freedom Caucus's preferred plan — the Goodlatte bill, which was less lenient in offering citizenship to DREAMers — also failed but received 193 votes last week.
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Prosecutors later argued that the sentence was too lenient, and last November, a South African appeals court more than doubled his prison term to 15 years.
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Many conservative Catholics still look up to Benedict as a bulwark against liberals, and have lambasted Francis for being too lenient on divorced Catholics and homosexuals.
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The Food and Drug Administration's guidelines for labeling cosmetics (like body wash) are more lenient that those for products that are considered medical devices (like tampons).
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A few told me that sometimes the kids — some wearing bright orange hats — wave back, but only when they're with certain guards who are more lenient.
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Ending Sexual AssaultOver the last year, we've seen a number of high-profile cases in which perpetrators received lenient sentences after being convicted of sexual assault.
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A group of the world's hottest countries (including India, Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait) will have the most lenient schedule, freezing HFC use by 2028.
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Turner, a former swimmer, was given what many felt was lenient treatment after he sexually assaulted a young woman as she was passed out in public.
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The worry is that if Moody's is lenient, other companies falling behind deleveraging targets may take that as a sign that they still have some flexibility.
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A state with notably lenient gun laws, Florida has recently experienced a boom in gun manufacturing, to the degree that regulators are struggling to keep up.
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Some are gambling that their bosses will be lenient, while others say they have compromising information about corruption or misdeeds that could protect them from dismissals.
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Canada-based DBRS firm last year rekindled fears ratings may still be too lenient when it downgraded 293 AAA commercial mortgage bonds after reviewing its methodology.
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"There should be no weak link in the EU, where people could shop around for the most lenient scheme," the EU justice commissioner Vera Jourova said.
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This was made clear again last week in the outpouring of rage over the lenient sentencing of Brock Turner, a Stanford student convicted of sexual assault.
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Judge Aaron Persky, who critics say gave a lenient sentence to a Stanford student convicted of sexual assault, is a former criminal prosecutor and corporate lawyer.
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That yet-to-be announced decision by the FTC is already drawing criticism for being too lenient on Facebook, which has a $578 billion market cap.
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Like almost all requests for antitrust exemptions, this one was premised on the claim that the industry was special and therefore should get more lenient treatment.
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"I think the Justice Department could afford to be a little more lenient with the fine as long as individuals are held accountable," Mr. Garrett said.
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Defense lawyers have sought to portray the cooperating witnesses as unreliable snitches who have exaggerated Guzman's role in the cartel in hope of more lenient sentences.
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In the recent past, some top South Korean businessmen who have been in custody while on trial have used the lenient visitation regime to the full.
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Twenty-five percent said both parties are getting the same treatment, 2900 percent are unsure and 220006 percent said the president is getting more lenient treatment.
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And the emissions rules in the region are more lenient than in the United States, which will make it harder for European owners to pursue claims.
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Bank of America is relatively lenient when it comes to approval for the Platinum Plus card, offering this card even to people with limited credit history.
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If a tribal government brings charges, the defendant may ultimately receive a much more lenient sentence than they would under federal law, they told the court.
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On Monday, Trump said Cohen should serve a full prison term, casting him as a liar who peddled false stories to obtain a more lenient sentence.
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While Duque has said he doesn't want to tear up the agreement, he also believes the peace pact is too lenient on former rebel fighters. 4.
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The perks of cooperation have manifested themselves in freer travel, lenient punishment prospects, and even public comments by defendants that might have been unthinkable months ago.
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The Commission's proposal is more lenient as it only applies to newly granted credit and gives banks an extra year for secured loans, among other aspects.
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The appeal comes as a surprise because political leaders, local residents and social media users had criticized Turner's sentence as too lenient, rather than too harsh.
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Duque opposes the peace deal, claiming that it is too lenient on the former guerrilla members and has campaigned to modify the amnesty clause for them.
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Cities have adopted a more lenient approach to drug offenses in particular, diverting many low-level drug offenders to probation or treatment rather than to jail.
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"Rural areas usually have more lenient laws, so choosing rural areas may save you money," Rachel Preston Prinz, who runs an architectural firm, told Reader's Digest.
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When a California judge sentenced a Stanford University swimmer found guilty of sexual assault to six months in jail, many saw the verdict as too lenient.
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That's because it is their son, Kai, a college basketball star, who has been tried, convicted and imprisoned, for a controversially lenient sentence of six months.
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But standards got more lenient over time; public charge accounted for only 393 percent of denials in the 1940s and less than 1 percent after 1950.
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Mr. Lynch said he and his team asked the judge for a more lenient sentence: five months in prison and another five months of home confinement.
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The players would also receive 48.5 percent of shared revenue (compared with 47 percent now), enhanced medical and pension benefits, and more lenient testing for marijuana.
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Looser enforcement and more lenient penalties have made the open use of marijuana — along with its unmistakable, pungent scent — more common on city streets and elsewhere.
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And the one thing that can cripple a prosecutor's political ascent is a reputation, even if based on only a single case, for being too lenient.
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Although most church leaders have voiced support for the accord, some politicians and Catholic bishops have criticized the deal for being too lenient on the guerrillas.
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Now, Stein's lawyer is asking for a more lenient sentence, arguing that the court consider the "backdrop" of the case: then-candidate Donald Trump's polarizing rhetoric.
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The logic is that a federal law on the matter of, say, selling personally identifiable information to advertisers, would be more lenient and preempt state laws.
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The administration has described this process as a circumvention of law in order to exploit more lenient policies for children, even labeling it "smuggling" of children.
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A presentencing trial is slated to begin Monday at Fort Bragg, N.C. Bergdahl entered his plea without a deal from the prosecution for a lenient sentence.
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While Netflix is famous for keeping viewership data closely guarded, the streaming giant has been releasing more and more lenient with sharing its eye-popping numbers.
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Raised by lenient Catholics, I too went along with gendered expectations into adulthood, mainly because I just thought that's what a person was supposed to do.
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The District Attorney's office announced its intent to retroactively apply new, more lenient rules on marijuana possession and legalization to drug cases dating back to 1975.
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The report criticized the university for delegating much of the oversight to the student-led fraternity council, which the grand jury said was lenient on violations.
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Canada, which has much more lenient immigration policies and has actively courted H-1B visa holders through billboards in Silicon Valley, has become a major beneficiary.
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He also opened a new front of tension with coalition partner M5S and Prime Minister Conte who he said had been too lenient towards migrant rescue boats.
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One theory in the capital is that the courts will pass relatively lenient sentences, and that some kind of quiet compromise will be found to save face.
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This was considered, at the time, a relatively lenient settlement, and since then the regulatory environment has gotten more — not less — skeptical of this kind of merger.
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Though there have been increasing calls in recent years to abolish mandatory minimums, calls for stiffer sentences, not more lenient ones, are also making news of late.
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The accord's provisions for "transitional justice"—mild punishments for FARC leaders who confess to war crimes—were too lenient, contends Mr Uribe, who is now a senator.
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"The charts, in a completely contrarian way as interpreted by Carley Garner, suggest that a lot of people are anticipating a more lenient Fed," the host said.
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Li could have faced the death penalty for his crime, which the court said was premeditated, but the court statement said a more lenient sentence was appropriate.
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Critics condemned the sentence from Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky as too lenient, leading to efforts to recall Persky and change sentencing laws for sexual assault.
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Typically, tournament hosts benefit from the atmosphere and the fact that they are on familiar turf, as well as perhaps the odd lenient refereeing decision or two.
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Alex Acosta, who was the top prosecutor in Florida at that time, resigned as Trump's Labor secretary last month amid an outcry over Epstein's lenient plea deal.
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Prosecutors there see EM as too lenient, while many in the probation service see house arrest and the conditions imposed by monitoring with RFID as too punitive.
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Police at the World Cup have been lenient as authorities have sought to show visiting fans that Russia is safe and secure, but also open and welcoming.
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The man died a day later, and Kok went to prison for five years, a not-unheard-of sentence in a country with fairly lenient sentencing terms.
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CSRC, which made the statement in response to criticism that the cost of cheating in capital markets is too low, said that current laws were too lenient.
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He begged the court to give him a lenient sentence and said he deeply regretted the crime, calling it irrational and impulsive, according to a court statement.
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Acosta had been criticized for offering Epstein a lenient "sweetheart" plea deal in 2008 during his tenure as the US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
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CSRC, which made the statement in response to criticism that the cost of cheating in capital markets is too low, admitted that current laws were too lenient.
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But overall, people tend to be a less lenient with pop stars and other singers who don't perform their vocals live, when outside a recording studio environment.
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Investor sentiment was also helped by expectations that the collapse of talks to form a government in Germany could lead to a more lenient outcome for RWE.
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Criticized by some as violating human rights, and by others as too lenient on those who committed genocidal murders, Gacaca also sought to bring about transitional justice.
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Only about a year ago, a petition and crowdfunding campaign tried to remove Judge Aaron Persky from the bench for his lenient sentencing and comments about Turner.
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But sources have said that his departure reflects a clearout designed to help Airbus to win more lenient judicial settlements by presenting a fresh face to investigators.
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Lawmakers have launched a parliamentary inquiry into the incident itself, the lenient initial punishment and the failure of the authorities to report Benalla promptly to the judiciary.
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Opposition parties condemned the presidency's handling of the matter, arguing the punishment was too lenient and that the incident should have been referred promptly to judicial authorities.
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Epstein had previously pleaded guilty in Florida to state prostitution charges, as part of a non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors now widely seen as too lenient.
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That changed last month, when the police decided to try a more lenient approach against swipe-beggars and other low-level rule breakers, at least in Manhattan.
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At one point after Mr. Killen was arrested, Judge Gordon released him on bail, prompting black civil rights leaders to accuse of him of being too lenient.
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But he opposes joining international agreements to fight climate change in part because he believes they may be too lenient on countries that have large carbon footprints.
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He had previously been convicted of a sexual misconduct charge in 2008, and his lenient plea agreement drew renewed scrutiny after a Miami Herald report last year.
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Mr. Dillon is accused of killing George Patouhas, 277, the owner of the liquor store, who was known for his friendly greetings and his lenient payment plans.
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This is the first time the agency, which is in charge of setting the MREL for top euro zone banks, is saying it could be more lenient.
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Trump has contended, among other things, that the Iran deal was too lenient and that Obama and Biden did not do enough to contain China's economic aggression.
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Be smart: Trump has been consistently criticized for seeming lenient toward Russia despite their threats to U.S. democracy, including the Kremlin's interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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As for Washington, accounts of how Washington treated his slaves differ, with some saying he was a harsher master than most and others a somewhat lenient one.
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The lenient sentencing led to an outpouring of criticism towards the judge and the methods with which the US judicial system handles punishment for sexual assault cases.
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Interviews and documents reviewed by The New York Times, including court records, indicate that Penn State officials appear to have been lenient at times with Mr. Parker.
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Dr. Robert DuPont met with Sessions and an exclusive group of drug policy experts to discuss the federal government's response to increasingly lenient state-level marijuana policies.
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"Our justice system is too lenient to offenders and it is heartbreaking to think the system has missed its golden time to protect our children," Jin said.
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He was able to avoid a lengthy jail sentence through a lenient plea deal with federal prosecutors and served a little more than a year in jail.
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Prosecutors agreed not to seek more than eight years, however, and Mr. Pho's attorney, Robert C. Bonsib, will be free to ask for a more lenient sentence.
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By the luck of the draw, one faced a lenient judge and was released, and the other got a different judge who set an unaffordable bail amount.
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"It's not dependent on how lenient or how harsh the grading standards are in a given high school," says Professor Daniel Koretz, author of The Testing Charade.
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The question, though, wasn't about whether Klobuchar was too lenient on Burrell, but if she was too tough — leading to the incarceration of a potentially innocent person.
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The prosecution's new filing on Wednesday, which focused on the appropriate sentence for Flynn, seemed to adopt a more lenient tone than earlier submissions from the government.
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Similarly, research indicates that jurors are likely to be more lenient in assigning liability and punishment when a defendant is or appears to be 50 or older.
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Starr was part of the team that got Epstein a notoriously lenient plea deal in 2008, even though a federal investigation had identified 36 alleged underage victims.
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The decision to seek a more lenient punishment for Mr. Stone came less than two weeks after prosecutors backed off on their sentencing recommendation for Mr. Flynn.
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But following a splatter of aggrieved tweets from Trump, the Justice Department "intervened to overrule" them, pushing for "more lenient sentencing," according to the New York Times.
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Prosecutors had originally recommended a lenient sentence for Flynn, who agreed to cooperate with former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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He hopes to achieve not only a more lenient sentence but also some element of redemption by assisting federal prosecutors and acting as a "whistleblower" of sorts.
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Public protests not sanctioned by the authorities are illegal in Kazakhstan and are often dispersed by police, although the authorities have become slightly more lenient under Tokayev.
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Trump withdrew the US from the deal in 2018, arguing that it was too lenient on Tehran, and reenacted punitive measures that have strangled the Iranian economy.
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Earlier this month, the Justice Department revoked an earlier recommendation that Flynn receive a lenient sentence and asked that he get up to 6 months in prison.
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Amid that clash, the Justice Department reversed an earlier recommendation that Flynn receive a lenient sentence and asked that he get up to 6 months in prison.
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If Ms. Diamond's interest in art can be said to have begun with those early museum visits, she owed her career to relatively lenient midcentury parenthood standards.
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If Pagan's sentencing was right – and I've heard no one complain it was too lenient – what does that say about the mandatory minimum sentence set by Congress?
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Shareholders were once more lenient as drillers put capital to work to raise production, allowing drillers to destroy capital by pursuing growth for growth's sake, Papa said.
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The sentences were slightly more lenient than the seven-to-10-year terms requested by a prosecutor at the end of a two-day trial this month.
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Law-abiding citizens could find themselves interrogated because they listened to the BBC or joked about Hitler, but the circumstances of denunciation usually resulted in lenient treatment.
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Rob Precht, a criminal justice lawyer who has been following the case, said Monday that the sentence was "unusually lenient" calling it "simple mercy" by the judge.
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And despite Trump's public focus this week on securing a more lenient sentence for Stone, what the president really wants is harsher punishment of his perceived enemies.
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The SPD favors a more lenient approach toward those refugees seeking to bring to Germany family members whom they left behind in places like Syria and Iraq.
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The lenient sentence is already being compared to this summer's Stanford rape case, which caused outrage after a convicted rapist was sentenced to only six months in jail.
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One explanation may be that the company wanted to take advantage of a new Japanese law that encourages companies to expose wrongdoing in return for more lenient treatment.
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A group of north European countries led by Germany wants the IMF to join for credibility reasons, believing the European Commission's approach towards Athens can be too lenient.
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WILFRED FROST: And, Larry, are you and the president feeling a little less lenient towards China given the rally we have seen in equity markets since Christmas Eve?
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Gottlieb alluded to the agency's relatively lenient approach in his announcement, though he also left the door open to further measures if rates of teen vaping stay high.
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A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a Canadian man to death for drug smuggling after prosecutors said an original 15-year sentence given in November was too lenient.
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The accord has been heavily criticized by many, and was initially rejected in a referendum, as being too lenient on the rebels who will be spared jail time.
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Having expressed confidence that impeachment might chasten the president, senators are now watching as he purges perceived enemies and publicly pushes for a lenient sentence for a friend.
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DeGeneres faces scrutiny for being too lenient with a friend and using her own status as a famous and powerful gay person to let his previous comments go.
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If the bail-out of Greece, say, returns to the headlines, the CDU could take a hawkish line, while the more lenient Mr Schulz might emphasise European solidarity.
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Well, Aaron Persky is back in the news because he is comparing the backlash to his absurdly lenient decision to how unpopular — wait for it — school desegregation was.
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So when the Texas legislature passed a bill overriding Austin's regulations with a more lenient statewide framework governing ride-hailing companies, Uber and Lyft immediately planned their return.
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Success has said that Ms. Geidi's son often behaved violently and that it applied "a very lenient standard" in disciplining him, according to a statement by the network.
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In 2008, Epstein had faced similar allegations in Florida, but ended up receiving a lenient "sweetheart" deal thanks to the federal prosecutor there at the time, Alex Acosta.
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Politicizing the Jewish high holiday is sure to rub some the wrong way, and come off as a request for more lenient treatment by the public and press.
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Prosecutor Gerrie Nel argued that Pistorius' sentence for the crime was "shockingly lenient" and that the state should be granted the opportunity to appeal for a stiffer sentence.
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Like the rest of the country, Colombia's Roman Catholic bishops were divided on their support of the deal, with some saying it was too lenient to the guerrillas.
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The group also looked at the actual legal limit adopted by California regulators, even though the group's scientists consider this too lenient a standard: 10 parts per billion.
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"When I'm traveling (and sometimes on the weekend), I'll cheat—I'm a little more lenient now than I was when I first started this whole thing," she said.
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The court will not be lenient here, and it might dismiss the case as a "collective action" if it concludes that all the plaintiffs have completely different claims.
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Opponents of the pact believed it was too lenient on the FARC rebels by allowing them to re-enter society, form a political party and escape jail sentences.
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He was convicted of sexual assault the following year and sentenced to six months, a sentence criticized as too lenient by political leaders, residents and social media users.
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The 2-week pilot will include 5 round trips along Interstates 10, 3.03 and 30 through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, all of which have more lenient regulations.
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The United States has long complained that WTO members can self-designate as "developing countries," entitling them to a range of benefits and lenient treatment at the WTO.
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Shao said by text message he and his wife felt compelled to accept the money even though his lawyer said it could result in a more lenient sentence.
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For example, ticket changes cost $287 on average, while 1 bag costs $25 on average and 2 cost $59 on domestic flights, with international travel being more lenient.
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Now, Republicans were a little bit more lenient on that front — they were split 2628 percent for or against whether it was a good or a bad thing.
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Banks have invested in equities trading, even though it has relatively slim profit margins, because new capital requirements are generally more lenient on equity products than bond products.
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This makes their value extremely difficult to pin down (figuratively and literally, as the data they gather will most likely be passed through countries with lenient tax regimes).
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The president may decide to draw a harder line against China or he might take a more lenient view in pursuit of other objectives in diplomacy or trade.
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Republican Senator Lee Bright, who sponsored the measure, said he feared adult men would use more lenient bathroom policies as an excuse to prey on women and children.
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Epstein served 85033 months in jail about 10 years ago after reaching a deal with prosecutors that has since resurfaced and garnered widespread criticism for being too lenient.
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The Trump administration has described this process as a circumvention of law in order to exploit more lenient policies for children, even labeling it the "smuggling" of children.
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It would be lighter on investors who earn high returns due to monopoly power or special skills, although the relatively lenient treatment of those investors has economic drawbacks.
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In fact, the state had lenient vaccine laws that allowed for philosophical exemptions prior to a 2014-15 measles outbreak in Anaheim, a city located in Orange County.
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Trump is likely making the claim based on an executive order, which many consider to be legally meaningless, urging the Treasury Department to be lenient with religious organizations.
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While Turkish officials have acknowledged that the process could take months, many are angry at the United States for what they view as lenient treatment of Mr. Gulen.
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Reformers worried that people like Brock Turner, white men with access to expensive lawyers, received more lenient sentences than minorities and poor people charged with the same crimes.
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Two Democratic senators are questioning whether Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani's past representation of an opioid manufacturer led the company to receive lenient treatment from the federal government. Sens.
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"We are aiming for a commercial launch of 5G in 2020," he reiterated, adding that Arcep would be lenient on operators who will decide to change equipment provider.
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We were lenient when it was a mom or dad filming their kids, but groups of teenagers and dirty old men who came by themselves raised red flags.
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Last week, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries office jointly announced several specific changes that make species protections more lenient.
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Nothing. With China, the U.S. is trading "help" in dealing with North Korea for a more lenient treatment of Beijing's $350 to $400 billion surpluses on American trades.
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The move also signals New Jersey positioning itself as a counterbalance to federal environmental officials under the Trump administration who have taken a more lenient approach toward polluters.
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One study using these data found that minorities are less likely to receive mercy tickets and that officers are more lenient toward members of their own racial group.
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Julie K. Brown of The Miami Herald published an important investigation yesterday on the lenient treatment given to Jeffrey Epstein — an investor who sexually abused dozens of girls.
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The Palestinian penal code dates to the 1960s and has been criticized for inadequate protection for women and lenient penalties for men who kill them in honor crimes.
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But in court on Tuesday, she and Mr. Taubert both said that he was mentally ill and deserved a more lenient sentence, according to The Syracuse Post-Standard.
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Anti-abortion groups opposed the introduction of mifepristone in the US, and have argued that the current FDA guidelines are too lenient and insufficient to protect women's health.
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Even under the relatively more lenient standard that had prevailed for years, close to half of patients did not manage to get their blood pressure down to normal.
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By subjecting judicial bail-setting decisions to statistical analysis, the first study found that some judges tended to be stricter in their bail rulings, and some more lenient.
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And Mr. Trump — both as a candidate and as president — had taken a more lenient posture toward Moscow and Vladimir V. Putin than his predecessors in either party.
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"The variation on corporate practices is so broad that you have employers with lenient policies, strict policies, and no policies, even at Fortune 500-sized companies," Taylor says.
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An explosive Miami Herald investigation revealed that Labor Secretary Alex Acosta played a role in giving billionaire child molester Jeffrey Epstein a lenient sentence as a federal prosecutor.
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Several politicians and privacy advocates criticized this penalty as too lenient, particularly when compared to Facebook's earnings (reportedly $15.08 billion in the first quarter of this year alone).
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Although most group fitness studios don't want to see a reduction in footfall, some are offering more lenient cancellation policies to ensure no one feels pressured to come.
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The campaign against the judge, Aaron Persky, was fueled by outrage over what many believed to be a lenient six-month jail term handed down to Mr. Turner.
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When convicted thieves are released from jail after just a few months, as is common, it creates a perception that the legal code is too lenient, she said.
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He said that loggers caught by his organization and handed over to the authorities have received what he sees as lenient prison sentences of only a few months.
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President Trump, drawing from a standard Republican Party position, decided that the 2015 nuclear-arms deal that the Obama administration and Europe signed with Iran was too lenient.
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In a 2015 profile, Eskenazi described a revolving door of arrests, court appearances, and lenient sentences with no end in sight and no clear rationale for her actions.
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Successive exposés have detailed the D.A. office's lenient deals with men charged with sexual assault—like a Manhattan ob-gyn accused of sexual abuse by 232 women patients.
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There is an element of compassion in this: Nat knows that Samuel is a relatively lenient master, not disposed to rape, which the auctioneer invites, with increasing explicitness.
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The United States has long complained that WTO members can self-designate as "developing countries", entitling them to a range of benefits and lenient treatment at the WTO.
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Sloane's lawyers asked the judge for a more lenient sentence of three years of supervised release, a $75,000 fine and 2,000 hours of community service, NBC Boston reports.
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Moehring also said that policy risked remaining too lenient on the heat and transport sectors, whose CO2-cutting efforts have lagged those of heavy industry and energy utilities.
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" He also said the government's approach to drug trafficking was "strict and in no way lenient," and he urged travelers "to take more care during this holiday season.
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New Zealand's existing laws are relatively lenient, and a large percentage of the estimated 1.2 million to 1.5 million firearms owned by about 250,000 people are not registered.
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Former President Barack Obama's administration faced fierce criticism from progressives who say Democrats were too lenient on Wall Street executives for their role in the 2008 financial crisis.
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However, ThredUp is a lot more lenient in the brands it will accept; it'll take J.Crew alongside Coach, and it'll consider both women's and kids' clothing and accessories.
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Still, if I had to do it again, I wouldn't go to Seal Beach's jail—I hear there are other pay-to-stay jails that are more lenient.
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Prosecutors had sought 15 years in prison for all three, and urged Gleeson to not give a lenient sentence to Hashi, whose United Kingdom citizenship was revoked in 2012.
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Oddly, Mr Duterte takes a more lenient line with claptrap written in his favour (the Philippines is drowning in false accounts of non-existent accolades for the great man).
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"The charts, in a completely contrarian way as interpreted by Carley Garner, suggest that a lot of people are anticipating a more lenient Fed," the "Mad Money" host said.
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That sentence sparked national outrage, as well as a recall campaign of the judge, from critics who argued it was far too lenient for the nature of his crimes.
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"A low target and lenient rules will not give European households and companies the confidence to invest in the renewable future," Jean-François Fauconnier of Climate Action Network said.
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Mr. Canellas, who pleaded guilty to a single count of grand larceny in return for a more lenient sentence, testified that Mr. Sanders and Mr. Warren attended that dinner.
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While Bishop says he believes the board's decision was too harsh, a spokeswoman for the Animal Legal Defense Fund tells PEOPLE that it believes the board was too lenient.
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What's more likely is that the coroner will restrict the search to Georgia's state-level database, which operates under more lenient rules and has been collecting samples since 1991.
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According to a new study conducted by furniture company Joybird, women are more lenient with the freedom they give to dogs in the home than men tend to be.
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Democrats including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are demanding Acosta resign over the lenient deal reached in Epstein's earlier case, when he was serving as U.S. attorney in southern Florida.
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Iván Duque, the front-runner, has campaigned on revising the pact to remove the FARC's reserved legislative seats and exclude drug-trafficking crimes from the deal's lenient special court.
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Large volumes of plastic waste then diverted to other countries in the region, like Indonesia and India, where regulations on the waste trade are more lenient, the study said.
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Furthermore, since Apple's more stringent approach to applications, at least in comparison to Google's more lenient approach, exist to provide greater security, this news tarnishes the tech giant's reputation.
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He also suggested that California judges may be a reluctant to be perceived as too lenient after Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky was recalled from office in June.
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In a vote that confounded opinion polls and was a disaster for President Juan Manuel Santos, Colombians narrowly rebuffed the pact on Sunday as too lenient on the rebels.
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Government and FARC peace negotiators have been mulling over dozens of proposals this week from representatives of those who voted against the accord as too lenient on the rebels.
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Even when the Kipling parents tighten the reigns in part two, the move mirrors Will's own doubts that he may have been too lenient on his kids at times.
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In that case, Judge Aaron Persky sentenced Turner to six months in jail, citing his young age and his lack of criminal record as reasons for the lenient sentence.
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Like Facebook, Instagram will count one video view as at least three seconds watched — a much more lenient standard than YouTube's 30 seconds, especially considering the videos play automatically.
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It had been true that you could only see this particular documentary if its director Robert Frank was present, though this rule has gotten more lenient over the years.
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Both deFur and Loeb expressed concern that Pruitt would be more lenient when negotiating cleanup deals with polluters, allowing them to pay less for plans that are less comprehensive.
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Jason Linder, a prosecutor in the department's anti-bribery unit until earlier this month, said the penalty against the executives appeared lenient compared to others sought by Brazilian authorities.
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Colombian voters rejected the original deal by a razor-thin margin of less than half a percentage point, with opponents saying it was too lenient on the Marxist rebels.
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Persky has received death threats, faced a recall effort and several online petitions seeking his removal in a furor of criticism for what was perceived as a lenient sentence.
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Travelers were handled differently at different points of entry and immigration lawyers advised clients to change their destination to the more lenient airports, said Houston immigration lawyer Mana Yegani.
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But with the high court quiescent and the lower courts lenient, whatever proposed restrictions in state legislatures and Congress that make it into law would likely survive judicial scrutiny.
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Big companies frequently are granted waivers, extensions of time, favored access to decision-makers, fast turn-around on applications and sales agreements, and lenient application of rules and regulations.
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"Descheduling will reduce the conflict between federal policy and state programs" which have pursued more lenient policies on marijuana under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. constitution, he said.
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In seeking a lenient sentence, Sayoc's defense attorneys argued that Sayoc, "found life" in Trump's books and presidential campaign and became convinced that the president's critics were his enemies.
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This is a result of poor accountability, lenient regulations that have allowed the plans to make contributions that do not match future payments, and the politicization of pension plans.
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Like it or not, that is the system we have, even if it leaves the public unsatisfied with a penalty that can be considered too lenient — or too harsh.
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The charges, as well as an investigative series in the Miami Herald, brought fresh attention to Acosta's role in the plea agreement, which critics have said was too lenient.
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Google employees, who walked off the job to protest the internet company's lenient treatment of executives accused of sexual misconduct, leave after attending a protest rally on Thursday, Nov.
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Simmons claims today that the lenient sentence is proof that he was working for the C.I.A. He also claims he perjured himself to cover up for his C.I.A. work.
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Samuel W. Buell, a Duke University law professor and former federal prosecutor, said it remained unclear why Mr. Flynn, a decorated former general, received such a lenient plea deal.
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Unlike June and July's debates, which had more lenient requirements that gave most candidates an opportunity to introduce themselves to America, the third debate has significantly stricter qualifications rules.
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The case raises questions about whether the state may be too lenient in its approach to home schooling and whether it should have been monitoring Mr. Turpin more closely.
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Criminal justice reformers annoyed by this disparity typically argue that it shows we need not tougher sentences in white-collar cases but rather more lenient sentences in other cases.
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A sister of Mr. Handoko, who asked not to be identified because she feared repercussions at her workplace, said the family had cooperated in hopes of a lenient sentence.
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Judge Sullivan also left no doubt that he viewed Mr. Flynn's crimes as serious enough to warrant prison time, even though prosecutors recommended that he receive a lenient sentence.
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The Senate had initially hoped to be more lenient, and it appeared that the compromise in any case would leave a large number of potential voters unable to register.
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That deal, widely criticized as too lenient, resulted in Epstein serving 13 months in a county jail, which he was allowed to leave during the day on work release.
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Instead, they requested it under a federal law that requires only "reasonable grounds" to believe the data is "relevant and material" to an ongoing investigation — a more lenient standard.
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Two years earlier, Johnson had taken a tour of Northern cities to campaign against Radical Republicans in Congress and build support for his lenient policies toward the defeated South.
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When outsiders accelerate the process It has, at times, also taken external legal pressure to fight an outcome seen as too lenient or to jump-start a dormant case.
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Supporters say that many of these crimes go unprosecuted or result in punishments they contend are too lenient, such as rehabilitation programs that can end with charges being expunged.
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The prosecutors point to other cases, including that of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who received more lenient sentences for witness intimidation, false statements and obstruction of justice.
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Prosecutors said Mr. Flynn, President Trump's first national security adviser, had "chosen to reverse course" on cooperating and accepting guilt after they had previously argued for a lenient sentence.
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If our insurance hadn't paid for [part of] it, we would've had to go to Illinois [which doesn't have a waiting period and has more lenient rules after viability].
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On Tuesday, Mr. Whilby's lawyer, Laura M. Miranda, urged the judge to be lenient, portraying Mr. Whilby as a recovering alcoholic who had drunk to drown depression and anxiety.
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What is interesting to note is that the court of public opinion is clearly more lenient in its judgment of "husband halves" of a couple, at least in tone.
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There is the possibility, however, that these customers might be driven to a competitor's more lenient family plan, like Apple Music or even Tidal, that doesn't demand location verification.
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U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton in Newark, New Jersey, imposed the maximum sentence allowed under federal statute, despite pleas from Saadeh and his lawyer for a more lenient penalty.
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It could move marijuana out of Schedule I (where it is categorized alongside heroin and LSD) to a more lenient category where it is permitted with a doctor's prescription.
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"We have been too lenient toward chaebol corruption," said Moon Jae-in, an opposition politician who leads in polls on contenders to replace Ms. Park if she is removed.
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And lenient monetary policy by Alan Greenspan in the late 1990s helped cause one of the few periods of full employment and healthy wage growth in recent American history.
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Days after Alabama's government passed a near-total ban on abortion, President Donald Trump and other prominent Republican lawmakers are staking out their more lenient positions on the issue.
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Skilled immigration changes: The basic trade of various doomed comprehensive immigration reform bills was stepped-up enforcement in exchange for lenient treatment of the existing population of unauthorized immigrants.
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It is the American religious tradition writ large, as the story goes, that shapes the reaction to moral transgression, in contrast to the sharply more lenient attitude of Europeans.
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And a study from 2011 found that judges are more likely to be lenient on defendants earlier in the day or after they take a break, such as lunch.
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That gives the White House an enormous amount of authority, with the president and his advisers deciding how lenient to be when it comes to states that have legalized pot.
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Many advocates for more lenient policies have pushed for alternatives -- such as ankle monitors -- to detention for asylum seekers and others who are not deemed a danger to the public.
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Costco is known for having one of the most lenient return policies of any major chain store, but it seems they can (and do) cut off those who abuse it.
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The goal is to have more countries follow the lenient regulatory guidelines set by the US, rather than the stricter ones mandated by the General Data Protection Regulation in Europe.
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However, as was first revealed in November by the Miami Herald, Acosta — who was then the US attorney for the Southern District of Florida — offered Epstein a lenient plea deal.
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They could face years in prison, compared with a more lenient sentence for Mr. Baca under the plea, a disparity that has rankled some members of the law enforcement community.
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Avery might be right to question if a man who beat another doctor to a bloody pulp deserves to keep his job, but Bailey isn't really lenient, she's understandably conflicted.
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Shanghai aluminum prices fell 2.1 percent in October, partly on expectations of more lenient curbs, and hit a two-year low of 13,790 yuan ($1,983) a ton on Nov. 6.
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But poetry—arguably the most lenient written form in terms of grammar, punctuation, or anything else an AI might use incorrectly—is counterintuitively the task the robots still suck at.
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The deal was extremely lenient on the US, despite the fact that America is cumulatively responsible for a third of humanity's carbon emissions—more than any other nation on Earth.
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The European Commission pulled back from a debt procedure against Italy last week, a sign of Rome's willingness to compromise but also of Brussels' lenient interpretation of EU fiscal rules.
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It was unclear what was behind the decision, but diplomats said they were hopeful it signaled a more lenient handling of the cases after months of lobbying by Western governments.
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Jay has been SUPER critical of Allen, even writing an open letter criticizing Coach K, saying the 1 game suspension he gave to Allen earlier this year was too lenient.
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Maybe this'll teach them to make the kid's curfew just a bit more lenient so he doesn't have to go full Bueller the next time he stays out too late.
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Even if Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont were to immediately tighten restrictions on private gun sales, guns would still flow north from Georgia, Florida, and other states with lenient laws.
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"He seems to lack any remorse so this will likely cause the judge to avoid appearing lenient when she sentences him," said James Cox, a law professor at Duke University.
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A lawyer for the state, urging the Supreme Court to take its appeal, said the photo ID law is more lenient than one upheld by the court eight years ago.
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The decision, was met with scepticism in several member states, particularly in Germany, where many feel that being lenient to Spain and Italy undermines the credibility of the euro zone.
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He had pleaded guilty in 2008 to Florida state prostitution charges and served 13 months in jail, under a federal non-prosecution agreement that is now widely considered too lenient.
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Federal sentencing guidelines called for Pinedo to face sentence of 85033 to 18 months in prison, meaning the judge imposed a lenient sentence compared to what he could have faced.
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Each one offers a unique set of regulations, allowing corrupt owners and trainers to move racehorses from one jurisdiction to another to avoid penalties or to enjoy more lenient oversight.
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For Tillerson, it was an emblem of the previous Administration's overly lenient foreign policy, which sought to promote America's priorities through consensus, rather than through the frank display of power.
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If these changes mean that Facebook will be even more lenient to conservatives, particularly those who abuse the service to spread misinformation, its fake news problem will get even worse.
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A 45 percent plurality of voters between 35-49 said the laws were too restrictive, 2023 percent said they were just right and 18 percent said they were too lenient.
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The defense also argued the information Bergdahl was able to provide upon his return -- and his willingness to share that information and cooperate with investigators -- warranted a more lenient sentence.
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Clinton from criminal charges, insisted that she was not given special consideration by the F.B.I. nor held to a more lenient standard than a less prominent person would have been.
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U.N. human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said the sentence given to soldier Elor Azaria was "excessively lenient" and part of a "chronic culture of impunity" for Israeli abuse of Palestinians.
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Turkey has also been irritated by what it regards as a lenient approach by the Trump administration towards Saudi Arabia in the wake of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Turkey has also been irritated by what it regards as a lenient approach by the Trump Administration towards Saudi Arabia in the wake of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Prosecutors had also recommended a more lenient sentence is Huffman's case largely because she didn't enlist her daughter in the scheme — and also forked over less cash than other parents.
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"They can keep a dress code that has the same rules but be more lenient toward the rules as long as what the person is wearing is acceptable," she said.
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Liu Shiyu, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), over the weekend urged stock exchanges "to resolutely combat behaviour that disturbs market order and in no way be lenient".
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But there's plenty of opposition on the left — who say the bill excludes too many prisoners and reinforces racial disparities — and the right, who worry it's too lenient on criminals.
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