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DATE: THURSDAY, June 7, 1990                   TAG: 9006070250
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

JACKSON URGES BARRY NOT TO RUN

Jesse Jackson urged District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry on Wednesday to announce he will not seek a fourth term, saying such a public declaration could serve as powerful "leverage" in plea negotiations with U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens.

As jury selection in Barry's perjury and drug trial entered its third day in U.S. District Court, Jackson said in an interview that the mayor seemed willing to "take a step off dead-center" and announce that he would abandon all plans for re-election.

"His candid declaration of his plans would be a major step toward further creating a climate for a settlement," Jackson said. "Declaring he won't run is stronger leverage. If he agrees not to be a part of the equation, then the question really is: Why then prosecution and persecution?" - The Washington Post

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