April 18, 2007
Gov. of Florida, considers pardoning Jim Morrison of the Doors.
The frontman of The Doors allegedly took 'it' out in Miami over 30 years ago and was arrested. However, questions are still being asked about it and Gov. Charlie Crist is not convinced that Morrison really did expose himself.
The AP is reporting; "He was drunk at the concert and police said he exposed himself, which Morrison denied. Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek said Tuesday that he never saw Morrison expose himself and none of the more than 100 photos entered into evidence showed Morrison's genitals."
Gov. Crist says, "Trying to clear his name and then he dies. If you have a heart pounding in your chest, that has to tug at you a little bit. It should. To have that much talent and to have it sucked out, even if there was some self-involvement ... that's very sad and very tragic."The issue was brought to Crist's attention by Dave Diamond, a Doors fan from Dayton, Ohio.
While I think it would be very cool if Crist did pardon him, there are people on death row here that should probably have their cases looked into a bit further.
