leniency

While both sides at the trial agreed that Yamagami killed Abe to take revenge on the church, they disagreed over whether he deserved leniency because of his upbringing and troubles.

A reasonable person would look at this and easily conclude that presidential leniency can be bought.

He argued the owner’s wealth does not give them the right to extra leniency.

But while the album is autobiographical in spirit, its songs also benefit from a leniency on Rapp’s part about her faithfulness to their source material.

Convicted rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has written a letter to the judge overseeing his criminal trial, asking for leniency during his sentencing on Friday and blaming his past behaviour on drug addiction.