11.   But the reduced charge may be the exception rather than the rule.

12.   But Wooten, who has twice pleaded guilty to reduced charges, has wound up only paying modest fines.

13.   But, he said, Wagner was high on drugs and alcohol and should have been given a chance to plead guilty to reduced charges.

14.   District Attorney Guy James Gray said earlier that his office may offer reduced charges to one of the defendants in exchange for testimony against the other two.

15.   Four other defendants pleaded guilty earlier this month to reduced charges.

16.   Government officials said the implication that the reduced charge was a government concession to the IRA was preposterous.

17.   He finally notified police about the tapes after Ms. Homolka had agreed to testify against Bernardo in exchange for reduced charges.

18.   He was convicted on reduced charges and given a suspended sentence.

19.   In December, Gotti rejected a government offer of about six years in prison in return for a plea to reduced charges.

20.   In a surprise move on Monday, the defendants pleaded guilty to reduced state charges in plea-bargaining deals that called for each of them to serve prison terms.