The state of Florida is considering pardoning singer Jim Morrison posthumously for his 1970 indecency and profanity convictions.

"It is very important to prosecute the guilty, but it is more important to exonerate the innocent, and I can't help to have that over and over in my mind with Jim Morrison," state governor Charlie Crist said. "The more I think about it the more I think an injustice was being done."

Crist is coming to the end of his term — he leaves office in January — and as is tradition, governors usually consider pardons as part of their legacy.

Morrison's case was championed back in 2007 by Dave Diamond, a cable TV producer and Doors fan. Diamond wrote a letter to Crist, who said he would consider the pardon.

The lead singer of The Doors died of heart failure in 1971 in Paris at age 27, right in the midst of appealing his Florida conviction.

As part of the pardon procedure, Crist asked his staff to compile any information they could about the 1969 Miami concert that resulted in the charges. In addition, the Parole Commission is conducting an investigation, which will be presented to Crist and the Clemency Board on Dec. 9.

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