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ul UA * roi Zr 6 &_ a rope fn] re hus i ' >» Ww NH = ocmUl OhlC OWrmlUhUNUlUOCUMN 7 COUNTY OF ALAMEDA ) not testify unless they are no longer confined by the Department AFFIDAVIT OF FAY STENDER | STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) oy ) ss. Lo . oe 1 FAY STENDER, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: I am one of the attorneys of record for George L. Jackson, a defendant in the case of California v. Jackson et al. In this capacity I have received several letters from inmates of Soledad Correctional Training Facility which were mailed from 1 outside of said facility, in which the writers state that they | have testimony to offer for the defendants in the case of People H vy. Jackson et al., but fear for either their chances of parole, 1 or for undefined “trouble" or for their very lives, if they tes- tify for the defense. These communications have come from black, white, and Chicano inmates. I have some declarations signed by inmates who have asked me not to reveal their names unless everv - inmate is called to testify, and others who have stated they will l of Corrections at the time of trial. ‘One white inmate told me directly that he had seen George Jackson in the television room l at the time Officer John Mills was allegedly on the 3rd tier of Y wing, but that he would not so testify if he is still in prison 1 at the time of the trial. Other inmates told me that they had exculpatory information with respect to George Jackson anc the other defen- dants, but they had been intimidated by. the forms which the | prison authorities distributed to every Y wing inmate prior to the defense attorneys' interviews pursuant to the Monterey Superior Court's discovery order authorizing interviews of all Y wing inmates in alphabetical order. Despite the Court's said order, requested in said form by the defense attorneys, so that -l- were OS ae RE