Ask the Monagasque authorities. Their country, their rules.
Wear someone down for 3 years and then a "confession" comes.
That's an insult to every American POW who honored the Code of Conduct even after the most heinous tortures, beatings, and druggings that the N. Vietnamese could dish out, for a hell of a lot longer than 3 years. And most of them were "common" wing-wipers or aircrew - how much better should a Green Beret have stood up to such "torture."
"Wear someone down for 3 years and then a "confession" comes."
Your statement on its face would be true, however in this case the confession was voluntarily given on December 6, 1999- three days after the crime was committed!