lenience
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While at Pinellas County Jail, he testified against or volunteered information on more than two dozen defendants in exchange for lenience from prosecutors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Lowe also said she had written to the council for "some lenience" after lambing season and her health problems.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
He had rebuffed every overture to cut a deal, to plead, to inform on codefendants in exchange for lenience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
Minari’s Alan Kim probably gets dress-code lenience for his red-carpet shorts because he’s a kid, and because they’re Thom Browne.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2021
It was plain that lenience was wasted in such a case, and simple imprisonment was not enough.
From A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison
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