Word: lenient
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...anything he's too lenient and too willing to forgive and forget," said Christina M. Gallego '95, a friend of Cole's from cheerleading
...trial observers are wondering if the increased prominence last week of Johnnie Cochran, the only black member of Simpson's A-team, is a confirmation of reports that the defense hopes to appeal to the racial sympathies of black jurors. Studies show that blacks and whites are both more lenient toward defendants of their own race. African-American jurors may also be more likely to be skeptical of testimony by law-enforcement officers. Women, meanwhile, might be presumed to be more favorable to the prosecution in a case involving a female victim...
...undergraduates were quickly caught on Interstate 95. The judge in the case, reportedly a Harvard graduate, was not lenient, Everett says...
...year, Damian Williams and Henry Watson, both black, were acquitted of attempted murder and a dozen other felony counts. The defendants were convicted on five misdemeanor charges, and Williams was convicted of felony mayhem. The victim said he approved of the verdicts, but many wondered whether the jury was lenient out of fear of causing another round of unrest...
...members of Peninsula said that November 1991 has had little effect on campus. The members charge that the University's policies toward liberal groups remain much more lenient thant toward their conservative counterparts...