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changing drug laws. Rap mogul
Russell Simmons helped assemble
the coalition of celebrities and civil
rights leaders that presented a letter
to the president on Tuesday.
The group praises the president's
efforts toward drug incarceration
reform but insists "the time is right"
to move toward replacing jail sen
tences with intervention and reha
bilitation for non-violent offenders.
The starry group, which also in
cludes Jennifer Hudson, Nicki
Minaj, Susan Sarandon and Will
Smith, also asks Obama to form a
panel to handle clemency requests
and to support a measure that al
lows judges to waive mandatory
minimum sentences.
"It is critical that we change
both the way we think about drug
laws in this country and how we
generate positive solutions that
leave a lasting impact on rebuild
ing our communities," Simmons
said, citing Department of Justice
data that shows that the United
States jails more of its citizens than
any other country in the world.
E ducation
April 10.2013
special edition
Career^,
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S P E C IA L
E D IT IO N
Sales Manager on B
A nthony Jones-D eB erry, an
executive with more than 16 years
o f sales experience em phasizing
prem ium seating and suites for
sports events, has joined the Port
land Trail Blazers as Vice Presi
dent o f Prem ium Seating.
More Prisons.
Higher Profits.
Jones-D eB erry was m ost re
cently executive vice president of
sa les fo r L os A n g e le s-b a se d
Ow ners Pass, a com pany focused
on prem ium seats and experience
offerings for such events as the
Super Bowl, BCS National Cham
pionship Gam e and the NCAA
Basketball Final Four.
Previously he was vice presi
dent o f prem ium seating sales at
the Staples C enter in Los A nge
les.
A football letterm an as a line
backer at the U niversity o f N otre
Dame and later UCLA, he holds a
bachelors o f arts degree from
UCLA.
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FARGO
Anthony Jones-DeBerry
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