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

By John O. MembrinoJul 30th 2010 – 2:25PM
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(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...

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