Mr. Timmendequas sat at the defense table with no noticeable expression while his lawyer said he deserved mercy and compassion.

On the other hand, they are very compassionate by nature, and he certainly deserves compassion and sympathy.

The object of any sort of clinical study deserves compassion, don't you think?

The second is whether dying people, no matter how gross their sins, deserve compassion, and should be allowed to die at home.

Clinton deserves sympathy and compassion, not vitriol, because he exercises no control over his compulsive sexual behavior.

"Its people cannot bear responsibility for the past developments; they deserve sympathy, compassion and support."

Unless our children's education from kindergarten through college is nonessential, they too deserve equal compassion.

Whatever shenanigans may have occurred in the telling of her story by others, she deserves our continuing respect and compassion.

Life is more than laws and rules and everybody deserves compassion.

While these stories were sad and deserve compassion, they cannot be an excuse for poor performance.