1.   Evans was given a light sentence in return for giving information to the police.

2.   North and Poindexter, both convicted, received light sentences.

3.   She confessed her astonishment at her light sentence when her father visited her at the jail.

4.   The accused men have been given relatively light sentences.

5.   Bargon was charged under the migratory bird law, with the understanding that if she helped publicize the feather ban, the government would recommend a light sentence.

6.   But he was not so sorry that it prevented him from suggesting that he be given a light sentence out of respect for his great acts of charity.

7.   But if only one talks, he will get a light sentence, while the other will go to jail for even longer than if both had talked.

8.   But some among them were highly controversial prosecutions in which drug kingpins got off on plea bargains and light sentences.

9.   But what seemed striking is the number of skiers who called these shows to defend the seemingly light sentence.

10.   Colombian courts have often handed out light sentences and drug lords have continued to operate from jails.