1.   International attention pressured Hassan to lighten their sentence to house arrest.

2.   Mubarak is permitted to pardon the convicts, lighten the sentence or send the case back for retrial before different judges.

3.   The defense says Ramos made up the story in hopes of lightening his sentence by pointing his finger at the famous doctor.

4.   The informant was Luis Reyes, a cousin of Ontiveros who hoped to lighten his sentence on an unrelated drug conviction in return for cooperation with the DEA.

5.   He has been cooperating with the corruption probe in an attempt to lighten his sentence.

6.   His sentence was lightened to probation on appeal last year.

7.   In Japan, a show of contrition can help lighten a sentence.

8.   On Monday, a court lightened that sentence to one year.