Late rock legend Jim Morrison has won a posthumous pardon for charges of indecent exposure brought after a drunken gig 41 years ago.
Outgoing governor Charlie Crist appealed for clemency to a special committee to clear the lead singer of The Doors of the charges.
“Much controversy surrounds this conviction. In this case, guilt or innocence is in God’s hands, not ours. That is why I ask my colleagues today to pardon Jim Morrison,” the Independent quoted Crist as saying.
Morrison was accused of displaying his penis, desecrating public morals and profanity while drunk. “Morrison appeared to masturbate in full view of his audience, screamed obscenities and exposed himself,” the Miami Herald reported at the time. The singer however denied the charges and appealed the judgment and the sentence of six months hard labour, and paid bail.