Legal basis: Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Fifteenth criminal suspects and defendants voluntarily truthfully confess their crimes, admit the facts of the alleged crimes, and are willing to accept punishment, which can be given a lighter punishment according to law.
Article 173 When examining a case, the people's procuratorate shall interrogate the criminal suspect, listen to the opinions of the defender or the lawyer on duty, the victim and his agent ad litem, and put them on record. If the defender or the lawyer on duty, the victim and his agent ad litem put forward written opinions, they shall attach a volume. If a criminal suspect pleads guilty and admits punishment, the people's procuratorate shall inform him of his litigation rights and the legal provisions of pleading guilty and admitting punishment, listen to the opinions of the criminal suspect, defender or lawyer on duty, victim and his agent ad litem on the following matters, and record them: (1) Suspected criminal facts, charges and applicable legal provisions; (2) Suggestions on a lighter, mitigated or exempted punishment; (3) Procedures applicable to the trial of cases after pleading guilty and admitting punishment; (four) other matters that need to listen to opinions. If the people's procuratorate listens to the opinions of the lawyers on duty in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, it shall provide necessary convenience for the lawyers on duty to know the relevant situation of the case in advance.
Article 201 When making a judgment according to law, the people's court shall generally adopt the charges and sentencing suggestions accused by the people's procuratorate, except for the following circumstances: (1) the defendant's behavior does not constitute a crime or criminal responsibility should not be investigated; (2) The defendant pleads guilty against his will; (3) The defendant denies the alleged criminal facts; (4) The charges charged in the prosecution are inconsistent with those found in the trial; (5) Other circumstances that may affect a fair trial. If the people's court considers that the sentencing proposal is obviously inappropriate after trial, or the defendant or defender raises objections to the sentencing proposal, the people's procuratorate may adjust the sentencing proposal. If the people's procuratorate fails to adjust the sentencing proposal or it is still obviously inappropriate after adjusting the sentencing proposal, the people's court shall make a judgment according to law.