Wednesday, April 11, 2007

The most pressing legal issue of our time

Are you a stoner who's got a little too much time on your hands? If so, why not try to get justice for the drug-bloated corpse of an overrated singer?
Two fans have asked Florida to pardon rock bad-boy Jim Morrison, the late lead singer for The Doors, who was convicted of exposing himself during a Miami concert nearly 40 years ago.

The two men, Kerry Humpherys of Utah and David Diamond of Ohio, sent a letter to Florida Gov. Charlie Crist last month asking him to issue a full pardon to Morrison on two misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure and using profanity.

"I'm a big Doors fan. There are thousands of Doors fans out there who look up to Jim Morrison. It was all trumped up and he shouldn't have this hanging over him," said Humpherys, who runs a Doors fan magazine. [my emphasis]
Um, Kerry, the man's been dead for nearly forty years. I don't think it really matters to him anymore.

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