Should Billy the Kid be given any kind of pardon after 129 year since his death?

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  1. yankeeintexas profile image60
    yankeeintexasposted 14 years ago

    Should Billy the Kid be given any kind of pardon after 129 year since his death?

    He was promised a pardon from Territorial Governor of the time, Lew Wallace, if he testified in another murder case (the pardon was never given). Remember, he killed two lawmen when he escaped from the Lincoln County Jail.

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  2. Wayne Brown profile image80
    Wayne Brownposted 14 years ago

    On the basis that he was promised a pardon...he should receive one.  I guess my doubt lies with who promised it and how much evidence is there to say that it actually existed.  If indeed it did, then there's no question, Billy gets the pardon. If he held up his end of the deal the handshake says they should hold up theirs.  WB

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  3. onegoodwoman profile image71
    onegoodwomanposted 14 years ago

    After 129 years does it really matter? 

    What should matter, is that the elected officials are taking care of the immediate business of today.

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  4. nightwork4 profile image61
    nightwork4posted 14 years ago

    this is the stupidest debate i've seen in a long time. the guy is dead for years, he killed at least 2 lawmen and probably other people . it's not like a pardon is going to make a difference to him so why is it even an issue.

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  5. badegg profile image82
    badeggposted 14 years ago

    I am inclined to agree with onegoodwoman. Why bring this issue up now? It has been 129 years, and pardoning Billy will not change history one iota. The politicos need to tend to the business at hand insteads of wasting the taxpayer's money on what could have been.

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  6. What Is Q profile image72
    What Is Qposted 14 years ago

    Seems that giving anyone any kind of recognition after they're gone is kind of pointless. Be it a pardon or an academy award, as in the case of Heath Ledger. However, Ledger deserved that award, and Billy the Kid deserved no kind of pardon. Relatives of Henry McCarty, or Billy the Kid, might be happy with a pardon, but I still don't see a point in it. Why bother pardoning a dead man?

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  7. Dian'swords4u profile image61
    Dian'swords4uposted 14 years ago

    What is done is done.  What difference would it make?  He made his choices in life and there is nothing else to say or do

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