In one of the more unusual public campaigns of recent times, outgoing Florida Governor Charlie Crist – no doubt a devoted bonghead – led a campaign for Jim Morrison of The Doors to be pardoned for his infamous 1969 dick flashing incident.

The Florida Board of Executive Clemency voted unanimously to pardon Morrison over the charges which were on appeal when he carked it in a Paris bathtub in 1971. Morrison was shitfaced when he went on stage in Miami in 1969 and was alleged to have popped his trouser snake out in full view of the audience, but no-one has been able to prove that he did.

His widow Patricia told reporters “Since the original charges and trial were a publicity stunt to begin with, it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest that the pardon should follow in those footsteps.”

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