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After 130 Years, No Pardon for Billy the Kid

Bill the Governor has denied a posthumous pardon for Billy the Kid. Legend says that the notorious gunslinger of the Wild West was promised a pardon in exchange for testifying in a 19th-century murder trial. But authorities in the then-U.S. territory of New Mexico allegedly broke their promise, and the pardon never came....

Billy the Kid May Get Pardon From Bill the Governor

(Dec. 17) -- Billy the Kid, notorious gunslinger and icon of the Wild West, may receive a pardon from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Richardson this week received a formal petition to pardon Billy the Kid, born Henry McCarty, who is believed to have struck a deal with Territorial Gov. Lew Wallace, Reuters reported....

Pardon Billy the Kid? Not So Fast, Say Sheriff's Kin

(July 30) -- There's talk around New Mexico that the governor is thinking of pardoning Billy the Kid, and descendants of Pat Garrett don't much cotton to the idea. Sheriff Garrett tracked down and shot dead Billy the Kid, aka William Bonney and several other aliases, in 1881 after the notorious gunslinger had killed two...

LA Man Creates Tour of Gangsta Hot Spots

(May 31) -- Tourists who visit Los Angeles often visit Grauman's Chinese Theatre to see the footprints of the stars. Now they can also dip their toes into gangsta culture. For the last six months, an L.A. company, LA Gang Tours, has been offering tours of the city's hottest gang spots, including the county jail, the...

Background on Billy the Kid

William H. Bonney (born William Henry McCarty, Jr.) est. November 23, 1859 – c. July 14, 1881, better known as Billy the Kid but also known as Henry Antrim, was a 19th-century American gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier outlaw in the West.

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