Battle over pardon for Billy the Kid
24th December 2010
The descendants of Wild West Sheriff Pat Garrett, the lawman who shot the Kid, have launched a protest over the move calling the outlaw a “thief, terroriser and cop killer.”
Bill Richardson, the Governor of New Mexico, has said he will decide before leaving office on Dec 31 whether to give the controversial pardon to one of America’s most infamous outlaws.
I am hard put to come up with a more absurd thing to fight about.
December 25th, 2010 at 18:30
By contrast, I an 100% in favor of elected politicians spending more time on issues that cannot affect a single person.