( CNN ) -- The surviving members of The Doors do n't have many kind words for the recent pardon of legendary singer Jim Morrison by Florida authorities . Outgoing Florida Gov . Charlie Crist helped pave the way for the pardon earlier this month , clearing Morrison from a 40-year-old indecent exposure arrest and conviction . But Morrison 's old bandmates , Ray Manzarek , John Densmore and Robby Krieger , said the gesture was too little too late . `` We do n't feel Jim needs to be pardoned for anything , '' The Doors members said in a statement Wednesday . `` The charges against him were largely an opportunity for grandstanding by ambitious politicians -- not to mention an affront to free speech and a massive waste of time and taxpayer dollars . '' The statements also said : `` If the State of Florida and the City of Miami want to make amends for the travesty of Jim Morrison 's arrest and prosecution 40 years after the fact , an apology would be more appropriate -- and expunging the whole sorry matter from the record . '' Morrison had been performing with the band at a typically raucous concert at Miami 's Key Auditorium on March 1 , 1969 , when the incident took place . Reportedly drunk and slurring obscenities at the crowd , he was accused of unzipping his pants and simulating a sex act , a charge he denied . Despite being acquitted of lascivious behavior and drunkenness , Morrison was convicted of indecent exposure and open profanity , and sentenced to six months in jail . He was still appealing the verdict in 1971 when he died in Paris of a heart attack at the age of 27 . He would have turned 67 on Wednesday . Doors fans have long appealed for an official pardon for `` The Lizard King , '' petitioning previous Florida governors without success . Many argue that the trial was a sham and that there was no conclusive evidence supporting the exposure charge against Morrison .
Morrison was accused of shouting obscenities at a crowd and exposing himself . He was pardoned in early 2010 . Georgia Gov . Charlie Wilson helped to get the pardon for Morrison .