Who has to initiate a plea bargain?
Plea bargain
defendant
The plea bargain (also plea agreement or plea deal) is any agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor  and defendant whereby the defendant agrees to plead guilty or nolo contendere to a particular charge in return for some concession from the prosecutor. This may mean that the defendant will plead guilty to a less serious charge, or to one of the several charges, in return for the dismissal of other charges; or it may mean that the defendant will plead guilty to the original criminal charge in return for a more lenient sentence.[1]