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Billy the Kid Remains an Outlaw: New Mexico Governor Won't Pardon Him
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyAs Bob Dylan sang, "Billy, they don't like you to be so free." New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Friday he will not pardon the legendary Wild West outlaw William Bonney -- better known as Billy the Kid -- because the historical record about another governor's promise to do so is ambiguous. "It was a very close call," Richardson told ABC's "Good Morning America." "I've been working on this for eight years." Descendants of Sheriff Pat Garrett, the lawman who gunned down Billy the Kid in Lincoln County, New Mexico, in 1881, had lobbied against the pardon and Richardson, who was clearly ...
After 130 Years, No Pardon for Billy the Kid
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsBill the Governor has denied a posthumous pardon for Billy the Kid. Legend says that the notorious gunslinger of the Wild West was promised a pardon in exchange for testifying in a 19th-century murder trial. But authorities in the then-U.S. territory of New Mexico allegedly broke their promise, and the pardon never came. Billy the Kid was shot to death in 1881 after escaping from a jail where he was awaiting execution for killing a sheriff. He was 21. An Albuquerque trial attorney and Old West history buff, Randi McGinn, filed a petition for Billy the Kid's pardon earlier this year, nearly ...
North Korea Leaders 'More Pragmatic,' Bill Richardson Says After Trip
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyBack from an unofficial diplomatic mission to North Korea, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says leaders there are "more pragmatic" than the state-run media portrays them. In an interview with National Public Radio, Richardson said despite their volatile words, North Korean officials are "starting to move in the direction of toning down their actions." Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, conceded that the recent military standoff with South Korea has made the situation on the Korean Peninsula as dangerous as it has been in decades. In March, 46 South Korean sailors ...
Opinion: What Can Explain North Korea's Behavior?
By J.D. Gordon - AOL NewsIn the best attempt yet to imitate a modern-day Scrooge, North Korea is now reportedly threatening a war over Christmas lights across the demilitarized zone. This comes after a "fax attack," in which the North launched a barrage of faxes directed at South Korean companies, blaming their government for the heightened tensions. So what's next -- an attack on South Korea's touristy amusement park at Imjingak, just a few kilometers south of the DMZ? They're having entirely too much fun over there, aren't they? That's just the tame stuff. There have also been deadly attacks and threats of more ...
SKorea Holds Massive New Drills After North Attack
By not in system - AOL NewsSEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea on Thursday mobilized hundreds of troops, tanks, helicopters and jet fighters for a massive military exercise aimed at sending North Korea a message of strength amid high tensions on the peninsula. The firing drills set for later in the day near the Koreas' heavily armed land border signaled that South Korea is willing to risk further escalating tensions with North Korea, which shelled a southern island off the Koreas' western coast on Nov. 23, killing four South Koreans and stirring fears of war. The attack was portrayed by Pyongyang as a retaliation for ...
SKorean Troops Prepare for Possible NKorean Attack
By not in system - AOL NewsYEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea -- A South Korean destroyer prowled the sea and fighter jets screamed across the skies Tuesday in preparation for possible North Korean attacks a day after staging provocative artillery drills on an island the North shelled last month. North Korea has said it would not retaliate for the exercises off Yeonpyeong Island - reversing its earlier threats. A senior South Korean government official, however, said that the lack of response so far does not mean Pyongyang is backing down, noting that North Korea thrives on "surprise" attacks. The official spoke on ...
SKorean Military Drills End With No Retaliation From North
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsNorth Korea held its fire and did not retaliate against South Korea for conducting military drills today, backing off earlier threats to unleash "brutal consequences beyond imagination." "I think they deserve credit for holding back," New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a veteran conflict negotiator on private mission to North Korea, told CNN. South Korea rocketed artillery into disputed waters and scrambled fighter jets today as part of a 90-minute drill for possible war with the North, conducted on the same tiny border island bombarded by Northern artillery last month. North Korea ...
Security Council to Meet as SKorea Set on Exercise
By not in system - AOL NewsYEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea -- A U.S. governor visiting North Korea has called for it to show maximum restraint to planned South Korean military drills and hopes the U.N. Security Council will deliver the same message in its emergency meeting. A frequent unofficial envoy to the reclusive country, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has held three important meetings with top leaders in North Korea's foreign ministry and military during his four-day visit. "I hope that the U.N. Security Council will pass a strong resolution calling for self-restraint from all sides in order to seek peaceful ...
NKorea Warns SKorea to Stop Live Drills on Island
By not in system - AOL NewsSEOUL, South Korea (Dec. 17) -- North Korea warned South Korea not to hold live artillery drills on a front-line island the North shelled last month, saying it would hit back even harder than in the previous attack that killed four South Koreans. The North had also warned the South against holding drills before it responded by launching artillery shells Nov. 23 that destroyed homes and renewed fears of war. South Korea has said it plans one-day, live-fire drills sometime between Saturday and Tuesday on Yeonpyeong, a tiny island home to fishing communities and military bases that sits just ...
Billy the Kid May Get Pardon From Bill the Governor
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(Dec. 17) -- Billy the Kid, notorious gunslinger and icon of the Wild West, may receive a pardon from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Richardson this week received a formal petition to pardon Billy the Kid, born Henry McCarty, who is believed to have struck a deal with Territorial Gov. Lew Wallace, Reuters reported. Under the terms of the agreement, Wallace would drop all pending charges against McCarty, including those related to the killing of Sheriff William Brady in 1878. In return, McCarty would testify in a murder trial. McCarty testified but never received a pardon. He was ...
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