Kingsley was a relatively lenient slave owner who gave his slaves the opportunity to earn their freedom.

This, mind you, was relatively lenient, since he was originally sentenced to 25 years.

By Chinese standards, the sentences were relatively lenient.

He said some judges had been receiving more guilty pleas than others because of a defense belief that they were relatively lenient.

For the single mothers on welfare, New York State has been relatively lenient.

By Chinese standards, the sentences were relatively lenient as counterrevolutionary offenses can bring the death penalty.

Prosecutors, eager to locate Rickel, told him that if he led them to her they would arrange a relatively lenient sentence.

Philadelphia had been relatively lenient on parking regulations.

The criteria proposed by the Commission would actually seem to be relatively lenient.

The sentence was a relatively lenient one for 18 felony convictions that could have drawn a considerably longer prison term.