Former Fulmer Cup winner and San Jose State football player runs for city council.
His first conviction involved robberies of a pizza parlor and a home over two days in July 2006. The second was when he later posed as a buyer or seller of high-tech gear on Craigslist.
Though he doesn’t take sides in the council contest, Ha’Eri said: “I hope he does well. … This is a good example of sometimes a person can kind of … learn from their mistakes and turn their lives around particularly when they’re young enough to make those fixes because I do believe in the restorative value of justice.
“They’re not defined by one thing they did in their twenties,” he said.
Source: Q&A With GOP’s Ellis T. Jones, D3 San Diego City Council Candidate, Ex-Felon