Pardon Jim Morrison, Gov. Crist
- by Stephen Davis
EDITOR'S NOTE: STEPHEN DAVIS IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BIOGRAPHY JIM MORRISON: LIFE, DEATH, LEGEND (2004). HIS NEW BOOK IS LZ-'75: THE LOST CHRONICLES OF LED ZEPPELIN'S 1975 AMERICAN TOUR (BOTH FROM GOTHAM).
(CNN)—︎Jim Morrison has been dead for 40 years, but he's still causing trouble.
There's speculation in the media that outgoing Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is going to issue a posthumous pardon to Morrison, the mercurial and charismatic lead singer of The Doors, and arguably one of the greatest American rock stars.
He was convicted of sex crimes in a Miami court in 1970 and sentenced to prison. He jumped bail instead and died a few months later in Paris, France, an exiled outcast from his beloved America.
Does Morrison deserve to be pardoned at this point? Yes.
