Could Billy the Kid finally get posthumous pardon?
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SANTA FE — Billy the Kid could yet get an official pardon — but the clock is ticking on a long-awaited decision on the infamous 19th-century Wild West outlaw.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has hinted since he was first elected in 2002 that he might posthumously pardon the controversial gunslinger, who died nearly 130 years ago.
But with only two months left in his second term — his successor was elected on Nov. 2, and takes office in January — Richardson has yet to schedule a pardon hearing despite a campaign by supporters who consider the Kid a hero.
“The governor still has yet to decide whether he’s even going to proceed with a review of the Billy the Kid issue,” said gubernatorial spokesman Eric Witt. “He still has not come to a decision which direction if any he wants to go on this thing.
Ted Kwong, an aide to Richardson’s successor Susana Martinez, said he does not recall the governor-elect ever making any statement about the Billy the Kid pardon debate..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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