TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Charlie Crist is being asked to pardon the late Jim Morrison, lead singer of the Doors, 38 years after he was convicted of exposing himself during a Miami concert.

Dave Diamond, a cable TV producer from Dayton, Ohio, wrote to Crist last month asking for the pardon. Diamond said the goal is to remember the Melbourne, Fla., native as an artist, not a rock ’n’ roll bad boy with a rap sheet.

Crist is an alumnus of Florida State, which Morrison had attended.

“Well, given that fact, I’m certainly willing to review it,” said Crist.

Morrison was charged days after a concert at Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove in 1969. He alleged exposed himself and simulated a sex act, which he denied doing.

He was acquitted on a felony charge for lewd and lascivious behavior, but was convicted of indecent exposure and profanity.

Many feel the Miami arrest put Morrison and the band in a downward spiral, which led to promoters canceling concerts and earned the band a stream of negative publicity.

Diamond and other fans say Morrison wouldn’t have been charged if the same situation occurred today.

“We’d just like to see where we get to a point to let Morrison be judged because of the music and poetry and not be judged because of this Miami case,” said Diamond.

The hard-living Morrison died of heart failure in a Paris bathtub in 1971, while his case was still on appeal. He was 27./AP