Johnny Cash is being given a ceremonial pardoning during a festival organised in his honour by the residents of Starkville in the USA, where Cash was arrested more than 40 years ago. The arrest has been reported as stemming from a variety of incidents over the years, from picking flowers to the official Cash line, that he was arrested for no reason after merely walking home from a party.
The guy who has organised the pardon, Robbie Ward, who clearly has a lot of time on his hands, collected over 500 signatures for his 'pardon Cash' petition which, according to his website: "doesn't suggest anyone condoned Cash's behaviour. It symbolically recognises Cash as an imperfect human who made mistakes but gained insight and wisdom by learning from his indiscretions". So essentially, he collected 500 signatures to pardon the late 'Man In Black' for an alleged flower picking arrest. Unsurprisingly, Ward quipped: "A lot of people would laugh at me and act like I was king of crazy".