Pardon for Morrison?

[SkinsFanLarry]

Fla. gov. wants The Doors' Jim Morrison pardoned


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The time to hesitate is through, no time to wallow in the mire: Florida's outgoing governor wants to posthumously pardon rock 'n' roll wild man Jim Morrison, the lead singer of The Doors who was famously convicted of exposing himself at an anarchic 1969 concert in Miami.

Gov. Charlie Crist, a 54-year-old baby boomer and Morrison fan whose favorite Doors song is "Light My Fire," said the evidence that Morrison unzipped his pants was flimsy and prosecutors were trying to make an example of the singer, whose on-stage excesses and appetite for sex and drugs were legendary.

"There's some troubling aspects to it as to whether there was a valid conviction. The more I learn about it, the more I'm convinced a wrong may have been done here. My heart just bleeds for his legacy and his family," said Crist, who leaves office in January and figures "it's sort of now or never."



Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/11/16/808098/outgoing-fla-gov-wants-jim-morrison.html#storylink=misearch#ixzz15enOMpFo

 

[tobii3]

Jim who?

:nodlaugh:

 

[jayro75]

Fla. gov. wants The Doors' Jim Morrison pardoned


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The time to hesitate is through, no time to wallow in the mire: Florida's outgoing governor wants to posthumously pardon rock 'n' roll wild man Jim Morrison, the lead singer of The Doors who was famously convicted of exposing himself at an anarchic 1969 concert in Miami.

Gov. Charlie Crist, a 54-year-old baby boomer and Morrison fan whose favorite Doors song is "Light My Fire," said the evidence that Morrison unzipped his pants was flimsy and prosecutors were trying to make an example of the singer, whose on-stage excesses and appetite for sex and drugs were legendary.

"There's some troubling aspects to it as to whether there was a valid conviction. The more I learn about it, the more I'm convinced a wrong may have been done here. My heart just bleeds for his legacy and his family," said Crist, who leaves office in January and figures "it's sort of now or never."



Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/11/16/808098/outgoing-fla-gov-wants-jim-morrison.html#storylink=misearch#ixzz15enOMpFo

While there was tons of evidence that Jim got railroaded and that the government wanted to make an example out of him, Is this really something that the Gov. should be spending state money on at this time? Jims dead for decades and I'm sure his family couldn't care less and are happily living off his royalties and legacy.

 

[Craig Mac]

Is this really something that the Gov. should be spending state money on at this time? Jims dead for decades and I'm sure his family couldn't care less and are happily living off his royalties and legacy.

I completely agree with that, plus what is more rock and roll than getting wasted out of your mind and waving your wiener around on stage.

 

[BagfullofPings]

I'm a big fan of the Doors, but this is a complete waste of public time and public money.

 

[terrantheman]

Waste of resources, doesn't FL have enough problems? Besides isn't that kind of antics what made Morrison and the Doors so damn popular, "Fu*k the man!"