Jim Morrison Could Receive Posthumous Pardon
- by Anita Singh
JIM MORRISON COULD BE GRANTED A POSTHUMOUS PARDON 40 YEARS AFTER HIS CONVICTION FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE, COURTESY OF OUTGOING FLORIDA GOVERNOR CHARLIE CRIST.
Mr Crist will leave office in January and fans of The Doors hope he will make good on a promise to review the Morrison case before he stands down.
Morrison was convicted of drunkenly exposing himself on stage at a concert in Miami, Florida in March 1969. He denied the offence and was appealing his sentence—a six month jail term and $500 fine—when he died of a heart attack in July 1971, aged 27.
Fans first petitioned Mr Crist in 2007 to look again at the "trumped up" charges and consider a posthumous pardon. Mr Crist agreed but made little progress.
