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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/doors-man-pardoned-over-exposure.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Doors' Jim Morrison is to get a posthumous pardon for an indecent exposure conviction (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-doors-man-pardoned-over-exposure.jpg" alt="The Doors' Jim Morrison is to get a posthumous pardon for an indecent exposure conviction (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>The Doors&#8217; frontman Jim Morrison is to get a posthumous pardon for an indecent exposure conviction in Florida after he pulled what a bandmate called &#8220;a mind trip on the audience, and they totally fell for it&#8221;.</p>
<p>Governor Charlie Crist secured a commitment on Wednesday for the second of two votes needed from other members of the state&#8217;s Board of Executive Clemency to approve the pardon.</p>
<p>Morrison was appealing against the conviction when he was found dead in a Paris bath in 1971. The meeting comes a day after the singer would have been 67.</p>
<p>Mr Crist, who along the three-member cabinet serve as the clemency board, cannot issue a pardon on his own. Approval is required by the governor and at least two other members.</p>
<p>Chief financial officer Alex Sink, who was previously undecided, said on Wednesday that she would vote for the pardon.</p>
<p>She joined agriculture commissioner Charles Bronson who previously declared his support for the idea. Only attorney general Bill McCollum remained uncommitted. All are leaving office on January 4.</p>
<p>The did-he-or-didn&#8217;t-he debate has been revived by Mr Crist&#8217;s interest in the case. Surviving band members say a drunken Morrison teased the Miami crowd, but never exposed himself. &#8220;It never actually happened. It was mass hypnosis,&#8221; said Ray Manzarek, The Doors&#8217; keyboard player.</p>
<p>Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger said Morrison&#8217;s behaviour was influenced by an acting troupe that disrobed during plays. &#8220;He was just doing a mind trip &#8211; as they would say &#8211; a mind trip on the audience and they totally fell for it,&#8221; Manzarek said.</p>
<p>Manzarek said Morrison was far more drunk than usual, to the point where they questioned whether he should go on stage. &#8220;It was like, &#8216;Oh my goodness Jim, are you sure you can perform?&#8217; &#8216;No, no, we&#8217;re going on, we&#8217;re going on&#8217;,&#8221; Manzarek recalled.</p>
<p>Mr 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 Miami concert on March 1 1969. Nevertheless Morrison was convicted of public profanity and indecent exposure and sentenced to six months in jail and a 500-dollar fine.</p>
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