Page "Plea bargain" Paragraph 74

When the defendant deems that the punishment that would, concretely, be handed down is less than five-year imprisonment ( or that it would just be a fine ), the defendant may plea bargain with the prosecutor.

The defendant is rewarded with a reduction on the sentence and has other advantages ( such as that the defendant does not pay the fees on the proceeeding ).

The defendant must accept to plead guilty to the charges ( even if the plea-bargained sentence has some particular matters in further compensation proceedings ), no matter how serious the charges are.

Sometimes, the prosecutor agrees to reduce a charge or to drop some of multiple charges in exchange for the defendant's guilty plea, often to a lesser offense.