In an example straight from Celebrities Have It Better Than Us 101, singer Bruno Mars‘s drug conviction could be erased for good behavior. The Grammy-nominated singer made a deal with the Clark County District Attorney over charges related to his September arrest for cocaine possession. Mars scored a “deferred adjudication,” meaning if he keeps his nose clean, physically and metaphorically, for twelve months, his conviction will be wiped from his record. Hmm, a professional musician abstaining from coke for an entire year? Maybe this deal isn’t as sweet as we first thought…
According to the arrangement set up by his attorney Blair Berk, Mars has to perform 200 hours of community service and undergo private counseling in exchange for a guilty plea. At the end of the year, it’s like his conviction never happened. We hope Bruno can power through 2011 drug-free, then he can go back to doing coke like crazy! That’s…that’s how the deal works, right?
