There have been some terrible crimes committed in our cities. A violent offender received what is seen to be a lenient sentence.

最近在我市发生了可怕的犯罪事件，而嫌疑人得到的判决被认作太过宽松。

The previous lenient sentence for drunk driving has proven ineffective, as drivers will often take the chance, believing they will not be caught.

先前对酒后驾车的仁慈判决已经证明无效，因为司机们经常会冒险，觉得他们不会被捉到。

Yet time and again innocent people have been shown to confess to crimes in the hope of a more lenient sentence—or simply to make the interrogation stop.

然而屡次无辜者曾被指示：供出罪行便有希望获得较轻处罚——或者仅仅只为终止审问。

Rajaratnam's lawyers had meanwhile asked U.S. District Judge Richard Holwell for a more lenient sentence citing health concerns and say such a long prison term would amount to a death sentence.

但拉贾拉特南的律师以健康问题为由，请求美国地区法官理查德·霍尔韦尔(Richard Holwell)予以轻判，称如此长的刑期无异于死刑。

Nothing more is heard of her except a brief word by Dickens that her sentence had been lenient, and that "her history and conduct proved it right".

之后就再没有关于伊莉莎的只言片语，除了狄更斯说起判决的宽容：“她的一生和言行举止证明了这是明智的审判。”

He, too, received a sentence more lenient than the guidelines suggested.

他也收到了超过量刑指南规定的宽大判决。