Doors’ Morrison Gets Votes Needed For Fl. Pardon

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Doors’ Morrison Gets Votes Needed For Fla. Pardon

The Doors’ Jim Morrison will get a posthumous pardon Thursday for an indecent exposure conviction in Florida that resulted when the late singer pulled what a bandmate called “a mind trip on the audience, and they totally fell for it.”

Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday got a commitment for the second of two votes needed from other members of the state's Board of Executive Clemency to approve the pardon.

Morrison was appealing the conviction when he was found dead in a Paris bathtub in 1971. The meeting Thursday comes a day after the singer would have turned 67.

Crist can’t issue a pardon on his own. He and the three-member Cabinet serve as the Clemency Board. Approval is required by the governor and at least two other members.

Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, who was previously undecided, said Wednesday that she would vote for the pardon, said Sink spokesman Kevin Cate. She joined Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson who previously declared his support for the idea. Only Attorney General Bill McCollum remains uncommitted. All are leaving office Jan. 4.

The Doors’ Jim Morrison will get a posthumous pardon Thursday for an indecent exposure conviction in Florida that resulted when the late singer pulled what a bandmate called “a mind trip on the audience, and they totally fell for it.”

Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday got a commitment for the second of two votes needed from other members of the state's Board of Executive Clemency to approve the pardon.

Morrison was appealing the conviction when he was found dead in a Paris bathtub in 1971. The meeting Thursday comes a day after the singer would have turned 67.

Crist can’t issue a pardon on his own. He and the three-member Cabinet serve as the Clemency Board. Approval is required by the governor and at least two other members.

Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, who was previously undecided, said Wednesday that she would vote for the pardon, said Sink spokesman Kevin Cate. She joined Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson who previously declared his support for the idea. Only Attorney General Bill McCollum remains uncommitted. All are leaving office Jan. 4.

he.who.forgets

Read about this a couple weeks ago. Dumbest thing I've ever heard. Crist is really reaching for some recognition and approval. What a schmuck

LukinFan

he.who.forgets wrote:

Read about this a couple weeks ago. Dumbest thing I've ever heard. Crist is really reaching for some recognition and approval. What a schmuck

hey! That's our Governor you're talking about!

Loulou

I don't think Jim really cares anymore somehow

LukinFan

update:

http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/arch ... 49738.aspx

Doors’ Morrison Gets Votes Needed For Fla. Pardon

The Doors’ Jim Morrison will get a posthumous pardon Thursday for an indecent exposure conviction in Florida that resulted when the late singer pulled what a bandmate called “a mind trip on the audience, and they totally fell for it.”

Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday got a commitment for the second of two votes needed from other members of the state's Board of Executive Clemency to approve the pardon.

Morrison was appealing the conviction when he was found dead in a Paris bathtub in 1971. The meeting Thursday comes a day after the singer would have turned 67.

Crist can’t issue a pardon on his own. He and the three-member Cabinet serve as the Clemency Board. Approval is required by the governor and at least two other members.

Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, who was previously undecided, said Wednesday that she would vote for the pardon, said Sink spokesman Kevin Cate. She joined Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson who previously declared his support for the idea. Only Attorney General Bill McCollum remains uncommitted. All are leaving office Jan. 4.

The Doors’ Jim Morrison will get a posthumous pardon Thursday for an indecent exposure conviction in Florida that resulted when the late singer pulled what a bandmate called “a mind trip on the audience, and they totally fell for it.”

Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday got a commitment for the second of two votes needed from other members of the state's Board of Executive Clemency to approve the pardon.

Morrison was appealing the conviction when he was found dead in a Paris bathtub in 1971. The meeting Thursday comes a day after the singer would have turned 67.

Crist can’t issue a pardon on his own. He and the three-member Cabinet serve as the Clemency Board. Approval is required by the governor and at least two other members.

Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, who was previously undecided, said Wednesday that she would vote for the pardon, said Sink spokesman Kevin Cate. She joined Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson who previously declared his support for the idea. Only Attorney General Bill McCollum remains uncommitted. All are leaving office Jan. 4.

FenwayFaithful

Love Jim. Love the Doors. I can't comment on the politics of Florida. Always thought he got a raw deal in Miami all those years ago, so this is nice.

JOEJOEJOE

If only they paid more attention to hanging chads than they did to "hanging" Jims!

marcos

Jim told us he would come back as Mr. Mojo Risin, now if he does will the pardon still hold, maybe now he will finally resurface!

norm

JIM IS FREE!!!!!


now get back in the studio and make the follow up to la woman!!

and then get out on the road!

Yellow Ledbelly

:thumbup:

norm wrote:

JIM IS FREE!!!!!


now get back in the studio and make the follow up to la woman!!

and then get out on the road!

the wolf

norm wrote:

JIM IS FREE!!!!!


now get back in the studio and make the follow up to la woman!!

and then get out on the road!

I know right !?!? Maybe he will come out of hiding now.

JonnyPistachio

its a good thing the politicians in our state arent wasting time on useless things like a 30 year old franks and beans case.