“It was a very close call. I’ve been working on this for eight years. The romanticism appealed to me to issue a pardon, but the facts and the evidence did not support it and I’ve got to be responsible especially when a governor is issuing pardons,” Richardson said.
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Richardson said that Billy the Kid’s decision to continue to kill after the pardon wasn’t granted to him impacted his decision.
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