No pardon for Billy the Kid.

fuzzypickles · January 1, 2011, 8:05am

So…does this mean Roman Polanski will still be seeking a pardon in 2215?

Claverhouse · January 1, 2011, 9:16am

But did he have a fair trial by his peers — other outlaws ?
If not, the state retrospectively owes him $2.5 billon.

Cicero · January 1, 2011, 2:23pm

He should contact Patricia Hearst and get a few ideas.

handsomeharry · January 1, 2011, 11:01pm

Diogenes_the_Cynic:

It had to do with a deal he supposedly made with the Governor of Mexico to offer testimony in another murder case in exchange for a pardon. The Governor allegedly welched on the deal after the testimony. The issue was brought up now not because anyone though Billy the Kid was actually innocent or a great guy, but out of an argument that New Mexico had a legal obligation to honor its deal (even if it was a deal with the Devil). Bill Richardson decided that there wasn’t clear enough evidence that such a deal had existed, but implied that if dispositive evidence of a deal had existed, he would have felt the state of New Mexico. was still obligated to honor it.

This was not an effort to declare Billy the Kid to be factually innocent, but an effort that the state should have paid off on a deal.

I’m a thankin’ ye!
So, it wasn’t a demon-possessed idiot after all.

Best wishes,
hh

don_t_ask · January 2, 2011, 12:51am

But since his crimes took place before the Son of Sam law was in place, presumably he can write an autobiography just as Frank Lucas (American Gangster) did.

Count_Blucher · January 2, 2011, 1:40am

♪ From the town of Chimayo, New Mexicano,
Came a governor with a Publicity Stunt on his hands.
Milking the media for a dime, on Billy’s daring life of crime,
East & West of the Rio Grande… ♪

Dag_Otto · January 2, 2011, 5:58am

Me and Billy the Kid, we never got along.

Little_Nemo · January 2, 2011, 3:25pm

Or, at the very least, other kids.

Boyo_Jim · January 2, 2011, 5:06pm

Maybe even other Billys.

Northern_Piper · January 2, 2011, 5:43pm

since when do goats sit on juries in the US?

Boyo_Jim · January 2, 2011, 5:52pm

Well, Uncle Goat posts here, so why not?

Elendil_s_Heir · January 2, 2011, 6:11pm

Hal Briston could sit as an alternate.

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No pardon for Billy the Kid.

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