The attackers received mild sentences and were still seen as misguided idealists.

The Russian Senate sentenced him to three months imprisonment and deportation which was a mild sentence.

The defense also seemed surprised by the relatively mild sentences.

The mild sentence was justified with Immendorff's illness and his extensive confession.

The judge who handed down the comparatively mild sentence has often been accused of being sympathetic to the accused.

Harich himself drew a remarkably mild sentence for a crime punishable by death.

The elder of the two approached him, and tried to plead for a milder sentence.

The state prosecutor appealed the mild sentence immediately after the verdict.

In contrast to the milder sentences of the 1957 period, sentencing under the state constitution of 1975 was severe.

He was sentenced to 4 years in prison; a relatively mild sentence compared to other political prisoners in China at this time.