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Pardon Debate Grows Over Billy the Kid in New Mexico
In Albuquerque 809 emails and letters on a posthumous Billy the Kid pardon split 430 for and 379 against. Governor Richardson, near term, weighs a decision with Susana Martinez dismissing the idea as a priority. McGinn argues the issue tests government promises amid Lincoln County War ties.
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Bill Richardson
New Mexico
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Randi McGinn
New Mexico Territorial
Lew Wallace
Lincoln County
William Brady
Associated Press
Susana Martinez
Republican
William Bonney
Henry McCarty
Pat Garrett
Brady
McGinn
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England
Japan
France
New Zealand
Eric Witt
Witt
the Kid
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Garrett
J.P. Garrett
William Wallace
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