Doors singer Jim Morrison due a pardon on indecency
Charlie Crist, the state's governor, won a commitment for enough votes from other members of the state's Board of Executive Clemency to approve it.
Morrison was appealing the conviction when he was found dead in a Paris bathtub in 1971.
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Hide AdYesterday's meeting about the pardon occurred a day after the singer would have turned 67.
Mr Crist cannot 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.
The did-he-or-didn't-he debate over what happened at the Miami concert was revived by Mr Crist's interest in the case. The surviving band members say a drunken Morrison teased the crowd, but never exposed himself.
"It never actually happened. It was mass hypnosis," said Ray Manzarek, The Doors' keyboard player.
Governor Crist began considering a pardon for Morrison in 2007 at the urging of a fan. He says he has doubts about whether Morrison actually exposed himself during the rowdy concert 1 March, 1969.
Morrison was convicted of public profanity and indecent exposure, and sentenced to six months in jail and a $500 fine.