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New Mexico governor Bill Richardson is considering issuing a pardon for Billy the Kid, the wild West gunslinger who killed as many as 21 men. \u00a0The descendants of Pat Garrett, the lawman who shot the outlaw in 1881, are opposing the idea. \u00a0See\u00a0A pardon for the notorious Billy the Kid? \u2013 CNN.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,26],"tags":[310,1675,2359],"class_list":["post-6100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-law","tag-billy-the-kid","tag-pat-garrett","tag-william-bonner"],"yoast_head":"\n
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