DONALD'S Affidavit :

STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF HENDRY

 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