Country Trial waiver system? Date of adoption 160 Type of trial waiver system Reason for introduction Ethiopia No - - - Finland Yes 2010–2016 Sentence incentives, charge incentives To focus on higher priority cases and to save time France Yes 2000–2009 Sentence incentives To provide a more moderate means of punishment, reduce the number of trials, and to save time Georgia Yes 2000–2009 Sentence incentives, charge incentives To incentivise cooperation, and to simplify/ modernise the criminal justice system Germany Yes 2000–2009 Sentence incentives, charge incentives To reduce costs Ghana No - - - Greece No - - - Guatemala Yes 1990–1999 Sentence incentives, To incentivise cooperation, and to simplify/ charge incentives, modernise the criminal justice system cooperation arrangement/ crown witness system Hong Kong Yes Pre-1990 Sentence incentives, charge incentives Hungary Yes 1990–1999 Sentence incentives, To incentivise cooperation, reduce costs, cooperation arrangement/ save resources, and to simplify/modernise the crown witness system criminal justice system Iceland Yes 2000–2009 Cooperation arrangement/ To incentivise cooperation crown witness system India Yes 2000–2009 Sentence incentives, charge incentives Indonesia Yes 2000–2009 Cooperation arrangement/ To incentivise cooperation crown witness system Ireland Yes Pre-1990 Sentence incentives, charge incentives To save time Italy Yes Pre-1990 Sentence incentives To save time and simplify/modernise the criminal justice system 76. To focus on higher priority cases, reduce costs, and save time To reduce costs, reduce the number of trials, save time, and to reduce the use of pre-trial detention