If Lindsey Lohan gets on 84 min in jail for all of the shit she has been doing, I don’t have too much of a problem with Tyson getting this slap on the wrist.  He needs drug help than jail anyway.  I think that those who put others at risk by being under the influence should get a punishment that would help prevent this from happening again, but as long as our justice system continues to let our stars off easy, Im all for it.

Mike Tyson was sentenced Monday to 24 hours in jail and three years’ probation for drug possession and driving under the influence.

The former heavyweight champion had pleaded guilty in September to a single felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor DUI count.

Tyson had faced a possible maximum sentence of four years and three months in prison. Prosecutor Shane Krausner had recommended one year in prison Monday, saying that Tyson was a multiple offender who previously had been convicted of violent crime and that only now has he sought treatment for his drug addiction.

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