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...about Billy the Kid.....? ....being pardoned by Bill Richardson?
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-4684514-503544.html
Bush Grants 19 More Pardons
President Bush today pardoned 19 people and commuted the sentence of one more, roughly one month after he pardoned 14 others. Mr. Bush has now granted 190 pardons and nine commutations, far fewer than the total granted by Presidents Clinton and Reagan.
Robert Truman Reece, who was convicted of "unauthorized absence" and "unauthorized absence; missing ship's movement" way back in 1949, was among those pardoned; part of his sentence was "forfeiture of $30 pay per month for two months and a bad conduct discharge" from the Navy.
Also pardoned was Charles Winters, whose 1949 offense was "conspiracy to export, and exportation, of a military aircraft to a foreign country in violation of the Neutrality Act of 1939." Winters, who died in the 1980s, had been helping to ship arms and aircraft to Jews who were looking to found their own state in the Middle East, the Associated Press reports.
Two of those pardoned were convicted of marijuana distribution, while the commutation came in the case of an Iowa resident given life in prison in 1996 for intent to distribute methamphetamine. Others were pardoned for "conspiracy to harbor and transport illegal aliens," possession of an unregistered firearm, mail fraud, and embezzlement. The full list is below.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-4684514-503544.html
Bush Grants 19 More Pardons
President Bush today pardoned 19 people and commuted the sentence of one more, roughly one month after he pardoned 14 others. Mr. Bush has now granted 190 pardons and nine commutations, far fewer than the total granted by Presidents Clinton and Reagan.
Robert Truman Reece, who was convicted of "unauthorized absence" and "unauthorized absence; missing ship's movement" way back in 1949, was among those pardoned; part of his sentence was "forfeiture of $30 pay per month for two months and a bad conduct discharge" from the Navy.
Also pardoned was Charles Winters, whose 1949 offense was "conspiracy to export, and exportation, of a military aircraft to a foreign country in violation of the Neutrality Act of 1939." Winters, who died in the 1980s, had been helping to ship arms and aircraft to Jews who were looking to found their own state in the Middle East, the Associated Press reports.
Two of those pardoned were convicted of marijuana distribution, while the commutation came in the case of an Iowa resident given life in prison in 1996 for intent to distribute methamphetamine. Others were pardoned for "conspiracy to harbor and transport illegal aliens," possession of an unregistered firearm, mail fraud, and embezzlement. The full list is below.