Should Billy the Kid Be Pardoned

[discocrisco01]

A recent question that Mr. Bill Richardson, who is the outgoing governor is whether to pardon Billy the Kid http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20026479-504083.html">as reported by CBS News.

The question that is posed to modern society is whether Billy should be pardoned for his crime. While Billy Kid is remembered as a romantic criminal that we admire, he is still a criminal and should not be pardoned for his action. Would Rick Perry give Bonny and Clyde a post-humous pardon for their crime? The answer is no.

If Bonny and Clyde do not deserve a posthumous pardon, than Billy the Kid should not as well. Just because your are a romanticized criminal does not mean that you should get pardoned for your crime.

[Zanzobar]

1. I seriously doubt Billy the Kid gives a flying fig.

[HEyHEY]

12. Yarp

[Angry Dragon]

2. Only if he was a republican and had found god in the afterlife

[WingDinger]

3. If he REALLY was a kid, his crimes before 18 should be cleared.

[hlthe2b]

5. I don't think that was the case...

His earliest shooting (that may well have been self-defense) would have been as a teen, but I don't think that was the one he was charged with.

[hlthe2b]

4. I think the further one gets from NM, the less people are likely to care...

Even in nearby Colorado, and though I somewhat know the story behind this, it just doesn't resonate at all.

[meegbear]

6. Won't SOMEBODY think of Bobby Brady?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwoEgwyppmk

[geckosfeet]

7. Jesus on a stick. Is this actually an issue that is consuming government resources?

[RockaFowler]

8. Yes it is

Look at Florida. They just pardoned Jim Morrison. And his family said they didn't want a pardon. So who asked for the pardon?? And why can't my husband get a pardon?? He's still alive!!!

[Warpy]

9. Depends on who you talk to

His problem was that he sided with the Hispano farmers in the Lincoln County War instead of with the richer white ranchers who were trying to pressure them off the land. He's a hero to the old Hispanos in the region while the suburban white folks around here still think he was a garden variety murderous thief.

It won't make any difference at all to anybody, so he might as well do it.

[DefenseLawyer]

10. How about pardoning someone doing hard time

for a victimless drug-crime? How about pardoning someone doing hard time for shoplifting under a draconian "3 strikes" law? Last time I checked, Billy the Kid was still dead. What a ridiculous waste of time on the part of everyone involved.

[one_voice]

15. 1000000000000++++++...

:thumbsup:

[qb]

11. Bill Richardson sounds like a twit of the highest order.

"I don't know where I'll end up. I might not pardon him. But then I might," he told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

"Just think of all the good publicity New Mexico is receiving around the world on this," the governor said. "It's fun."

[Motown_Johnny]

14. Bill Richardson is among the best of us

14 years in Congress

2 term Governor

Energy Secretary

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations



and he is only 63 years old, he could be SoS if HRC decides to retire.


He was my first pick for Obama's running mate, not that I don't like Joe but I thought running 2 Senators on the same ticket was kinda risky.

[Motown_Johnny]

13. Didn't anyone read the article ?

^snip^


McGinn said Wallace told the Kid he had the authority "to exempt you from prosecution if you will testify to what you say you know."


The Kid kept his end of the bargain, but Wallace did not, she said.

[lawwolf]

16. Exactly

Exactly right, he was promised a pardon and he should get one. In the end does it really matter? no, but I say why not.