Stardate 20010728.1431 (On Screen): Mike Tyson is an animal. He's completely out of control and too violent to walk the streets. He has just been accused of his
second rape, and he probably should have been indicted for
biting off part of the ear of another boxer in the ring. For that he was banned from boxing, but the commission caved in and
let him box again, in a craven concession to sponsor dollars. He should have been banned for life. He served 3 years in prison for his first rape; but if he's convicted of this one, he's going away for a lot longer than that.
The alleged crime took place in California, and here are a couple of relevant parts of the legal code. Section 261 defines the crime of rape; section 264 declares the penalty (3, 6 or 8 years in prison). Section 667.5 specifies that anyone committing a major crime less than ten years after having spent time in prison for rape (or some other violent crime) will have an additional 3 years added to the second prison term, which means that if convicted Tyson will face 6-11 years in the slam. I don't know if California has a "three-strikes" law; if it does, and if he has any other convictions he may be gone for a really long time. (discuss)
Update 20010818: Authorities have decided not to file charges, because they don't think that it could be proved in court.
