Lenity

• ““Lenity emboldens them,” the colonel complained, so there were no more pardons in the Virginia Regiment.”

  Simon & Schuster: George Washington’s First War

• “I was just looking at US vs. Santos (US 2008) today, which is on the Rule of Lenity.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it” (continued)

• “Santos US 2008 today, which is on the Rule of Lenity.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it” (continued)

• “We shall never prosper till we fall upon some method to extirpate that Blood thirsty set of men. to Too much Lenity will prove our ruin.”

  Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 6 - 9 May 1777

• “Death as civil and respectful as I could wish: But I suppose that means were found to insinuate into him that the refusal of his Draught and the Lenity to”

  John Adams autobiography, part 2, "Travels, and Negotiations," 1777-1778

• “Therefore as a poor, fatherless, and friendless Child the Law would allow great Indulgence and Lenity to this”

  John Adams diary 7, 21 March - 18 October 1761

• “Opportunity of spoiling them, knowing their Lenity such, that, if detected, they should not be prosecuted.”

  A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country

• “Lenity which "clears the guilty" is neither mercy, nor graciousness, nor compassion, nor forgiveness.”

  Practical Ethics

• “Lenity leads him to think the world is on his side no matter what he does; and so he asks himself why he should take the trouble to mend his ways.”

  Practical Ethics

• “Lenity confounds offender and offense in a wholesale and promiscuous amnesty.”

  Practical Ethics

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