Thaindian News

December 10, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Patricia Kennealy is the widow of the departed vocalist of ‘The Doors’, Jim Morrison. Morrison, the enigmatic singer, was found guilty in 1969 of vulgar exposure and public profanity. Patricia has now remarked that the intention of the Floridian Governor, Charlie Crist, to pardon Morrison represented a worthless political tactic. Governor Crist requested the Clemency Board for a pardon on Thursday and a majority of the admirers of ‘The Doors’ deemed that the pardon would be given this time since they believed that there was no substantial evidence to back the exposure charge against Morrison. The pardon was indeed given by the Board unanimously on Thursday.

However, Patricia has asserted that neither would Morrison be delighted about the pardon nor is she since, as per Patricia, Morrison did not expose himself vulgarly on the dais as some have alleged. Patricia has asserted that the conviction of Morrison should either be crossed out or the verdict invalidated as fraud instead of him being simply pardoned.

Governor Crist is scheduled to depart from his gubernatorial office in January subsequent to his unsuccessful bid for the Senate in the recent midterm elections. He has mentioned that he had understood the case, after which his heart compelled him to get involved. The Governor has uttered that a person, who hasn’t broken the law, must be recognized as a blameless person by the Floridian state. He resides in a civil society that comprehends and looks at the eternal legacy of a famous person. In the case of Morrison, the last act prior to his demise for which he is remembered may not have taken place at all. It is never injudicious to rectify possible judicial wrongness.

Patricia has verbalized that she tied the knot with Morrison in a pagan ceremony, conducted by a Presbyterian Minister, nearly 12 months before the sudden demise of Morrison in a bathtub in the French capital, Paris, in 1971. Morrison’s appeal against his conviction was in progress when he deceased. The Governor has voiced that the conviction of Morrison should have been quashed after his demise so that he could again be presumed as guiltless. Morrison could not make the most of the presumption of blamelessness that is the keystone of the American judicial structure.