1. The pretrial plea hearings at the jail surely qualify. 2. Paraguay claims its consular officials would have advised Breard to accept a pretrial plea bargain in which he could have pleaded guilty in return for a life sentence. 3. As a result, Breard pleaded guilty at his trial when he could have escaped the death sentence by pleading guilty in a pretrial plea bargain. 4. By pretrial plea agreement, charges of unlawful touching and indecent acts involving three other children were dropped. 5. Paraguay says its consular officials would have advised Breard to accept a pretrial plea bargain in which he could have pleaded guilty in return for a life sentence. |