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During the plea deal, there are negotiations beyond the wording of the deal involving investigators, the client and attorneys where information, names, and potential suspicions come up.

“During a plea deal, there is much more than the simple wording in the plea deal that takes place. There is other negotiations that happens between the investigators, the client, and the attorney and during those investigations, there is names that come up, there is information given, etcetera and during that negotiations...”

The agreement of sale drafted by an attorney usually includes clauses designed to protect the clients' interests and may not be immediately apparent or understandable to a layperson or legally untrained person.

“when one sees an agreement of sale drafted by an attorney, it usually includes a whole range of clauses that are designed to protect the clients' interests and may not – and their meaning may not be immediately apparent to a lay person. And their meaning may not be immediately apparent to a legally untrained person.”

Lt-Gen Shibiri had a conversation on the 7th where the family and attorney knew about an arrest, but on the 16th, he mentioned wanting information for the other side, implying it was not for the family.

“You are satisfied that the family knows because the attorney knows ... So on the 16th when you say he wants it for the other side, it cannot be the family”

The information about bribe attempts came from a source alleging a lawyer was given a bag full of money to approach investigators and others to get the accused out on bail.

“the information was, remember, the attorney is already given a bag full of money. We must approach the investigators. If he fails, the prosecutors or the magistrate, because that is how disparate they showed that they want these people out on bail.”