1, in the case of reaching a settlement agreement, the people's court shall give the defendant a lighter punishment;
2. If it meets the applicable conditions of non-imprisonment penalty, non-imprisonment penalty shall be applied;
3. If the statutory minimum penalty is still too heavy, the punishment may be mitigated;
4. Those who believe that the circumstances of the crime are minor and do not need to be sentenced to punishment may be exempted from criminal punishment.
* * * In the same criminal case, if some defendants reach a settlement agreement with the victim, they can be given a lenient punishment according to law, but attention should be paid to the balance of sentencing in the whole case.
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The criminal letter of understanding itself has no fixed format. The purpose of issuing letters of understanding is to reduce the punishment of criminal suspects, and some can release criminal suspects on bail pending trial. Therefore, the letter of understanding is sent by the victim to the criminal's family, and is generally handled by the responsible lawyer. But if the circumstances are minor and you don't need to hire a lawyer, you can refer to the format of this letter of understanding.
If the premise of the letter of understanding causes harm to the victim, it shall be clearly stated that the compensation has been reached and the actual compensation has ended. If there is no harm to the victim, there is no need to express it, but the focus of the letter of understanding should be clear that the victim has understood and the victim requests to be exempted from investigating the criminal responsibility of the defendant (criminal suspect).
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Criminal Understanding