Word: leniently
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SENTENCED. Andrew Fastow, 44, former chief financial officer of Enron; to six years in jail; for his role in inflating profits, hiding billions of dollars in debt and enriching himself before the energy giant's 2001 collapse; in Houston. Explaining the lenient sentence--Fastow had agreed to serve up to 10 years when he pleaded guilty in 2004--Judge Kenneth Hoyt said Fastow's family had suffered enough, and cited his cooperation in the prosecution of ex-CEO Kenneth Lay. "Prosecution is necessary," Hoyt said, "but persecution...
...Iraqi government blindsided its U.S. legal advisers when it announced it was removing the lead judge in Saddam Hussein's second trial Tuesday night. Officials in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's office had become increasingly impatient with Judge Abdullah al-Amiri in what they perceived as his lenient and overly deferential treatment of Saddam in court. Explaining the move, Iraqi officials cited Al-Amiri's indulging Saddam's lengthy political speeches during three-week prosecution of the Anfal case, smiling at him, calling him "Mr. President" and recently telling him, "You were not a dictator...
...popular view in today's Russia. Which is why even if the two suspects arrested are indeed guilty, they might get away with the crime. With 52% Russians supporting the slogan "Russia for Russians," and with many increasingly sympathetic to those who attack immigrants, the courts may well be lenient. "Racist attacks happen with shocking regularity in Russia, and the government is shirking its responsibilities and failing to confront the problem," Amnesty International said in its May 2006 report on hate crime in Russia. According to the Moscow Human Rights Bureau, racists murdered 10 people last year...
...flowering of Chinese Christianity reflects a wider religious awakening. Long criticized by Western governments and human-rights groups for its virulently antireligious policies, China's central government has in recent years adopted a more lenient attitude toward religious expression. Traditionally, the Communist Party allowed membership in five officially approved religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Protestant Christianity and Catholicism. Anything falling outside those groups was officially shunned. Even those adhering to "approved" religions have to register to worship in churches and temples approved by the state. But those rules are becoming harder to enforce. These days, Chinese flock to everything from mystical...
...meted out. "Isn't it a strange turn of events that Marines are expected to be perfect under the stresses and brutality of a guerrilla war, but society says we need to uncover every mitigating circumstance that would possibly explain why street criminals kill?" Whether society is really that lenient towards street criminals seems open to debate. But what is not at issue is that Haditha has already begun to shake the leadership of the Marines at its core...