Billy the Kid considered for a pardon

I don't understand the point of pardoning people who are long dead me either.

Wow! I'm sure it makes a big difference to him now!!

Wow, what a waste of time. Just let the dead guy stay dead & be forgotten in time. *sigh* A judge recently pardoned Jim Morrison for whipping out his penis at a concert in the 70's. Should someone go to his grave & tell him or just move on with our lives? These politicians & judges or what have you, need to get a real education & start dismissing stupid requests for pardoning dead people.

I dunno. He wouldn't seem so bad-ass if he got pardoned.

Wow, what a waste of time. Just let the dead guy stay dead & be forgotten in time. *sigh* A judge recently pardoned Jim Morrison for whipping out his penis at a concert in the 70's. Should someone go to his grave & tell him or just move on with our lives? These politicians & judges or what have you, need to get a real education & start dismissing stupid requests for pardoning dead people. I don't think you folks understand. Silly little publicity moves like this make money for the state. If you owned certain businesses in New Mexico, this would mean money, though probably a sma... [More]

I don't think you folks understand. Silly little publicity moves like this make money for the state. If you owned certain businesses in New Mexico, this would mean money, though probably a small amount, potentially coming into your business. It's not about justice or the pardon or whatever, it's about drawing attention, for a short time, to a character connected with a state, which brings some focus on that state in hopes of bringing in some tourism dollars. Money, money, money. Is that all people can think about today? Greedy politicians & crappers. When will Geniocracy set in...

Money, money, money. Is that all people can think about today? Greedy politicians & crappers. When will Geniocracy set in... There is nothing wrong with drawing tourism dollars to your state. This is part of what a governer should be doing. If I owned a business in new mexico that would benefit from tourism dollars, I would be very pleased with this legislative publicity stunt.

Might matter to his kin but does he have any living relatives?

General concesus is that he did have kin. Thats why he was there at the farm where he died in the first place. That lovely young woman was pregnant. If you compare pics of the child at 21 years old with that of his "father", lets just say the apple doesnt fall far from the tree. As for the pardon, it is a matter of the powers that be actually keeping their word when he kept his. Fact is he earned that pardon.

Fact is he earned that pardon. Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid will not receive a posthumous pardon for killing a county sheriff in 1878, the governor of the US state of New Mexico has said. Bill Richardson had been asked to pardon the infamous 19th Century bandit in order to fulfil a promise supposedly made in exchange for court testimony. But Mr Richardson told US TV that Billy the Kid's name - linked to as many as 27 murders - would not be cleared. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12097794