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Nov 16, 2012 2:46:54 GMT -5
Post by mkyzzzret on Nov 16, 2012 2:46:54 GMT -5
I always wondered if, in 1950 assuming the Governor had believed Brushy's story - or Brushy had more positive evidence of his identity so there was no question: Would the governor gone ahead and preferred charges against "Brushy"? Certainly there is no "Statute of Limitations" on murder, but this would have been a 70 yr old case. And by 1950 Billy was already a folk hero. It seems like public opinion would have been strongly in "Billy's" favor for the state to drop the charges. Also - even if the state HAD brought him up on trial - with so many witnesses dead or gone - could they have gotten a conviction? Any ideas out there? I think a "Trial of Brushy Bill alias Billy the Kid" would make an interesting movie!!
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Post by ruidosoman58 on Mar 18, 2013 1:53:02 GMT -5
When Brushy became ill and the NM Governor took him into his private office to allow him to lay down, the two of them stayed 20 minutes together behind closed doors.
I suspect during that 20 minutes alone together, the governor told Brushy exactly what was going to happen if he announced to the world that he believed that Brushy really was BTK. He would have filed charges and Brushy/BTK would have been sent to trial for the murder of Olinger and Bell.
In my opinion, that is why Brushy/BTK had a sudden lapse of memory when he sat before the press and all the other witnesses.
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