I, Donald ____________, having been duly sworn do hereby
depose and say :
1. In early 1986 I was locked up in the Broward County Jail. During
this period of time, I came in contact with Peter Salerno, Frank Zuccarello,
Bill Moyer, and Lanorris Smith.
2. Also during this period of time, I contacted the Broward
County Sheriff's office because I knew that I could get a deal if I gave
them information about Michael Rivera. The information that I
told police was false. They told me what to say about Michael Rivera's
case and I was promised a deal if I cooperated.
3. I had made several statemets to the police that Michael
Rivera had told me that he was involved in the murder of a young girl.
These statements were false. As I was giving my statements,
police gave me clues about what to say. At no time did Michael
Rivera tell me about killing the girl he was accused of killing. I
also knew from conversations with Peter Salerno, Fran Zuccarello, and
Bill Moyer that they were also given hints by police about what to say
about the case. Michael Rivera hadn't talked to any of these
people about his case. Everybody at the Broward County Jail wanted
to catch a deal for themselves by saying that Michael Rivera had confessed
to them.
4. All of us at the Broward County Jail were reading about
Michael Rivera's case in the newspaper and heard it on television.
Most of the information all of us provided we got through television
and newspapers. Even though I didn't testify at the trial, the
State gave me a deal in this case for the information they told me to
provide about Michael Rivera.
FURTHER YOUR AFFIANT SAITH NOUGHT.
(signed)
DONALD ___________
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of April, 1995
(signed)
VANESSA L WILLIAMS
Notary Public, state of Florida
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