Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid will not receive a posthumous pardon for killing a county sheriff in 1878, the governor of the US state of New Mexico has said.
Bill Richardson had been asked to pardon the infamous 19th Century bandit in order to fulfil a promise supposedly made in exchange for court testimony.
But Mr Richardson told US TV that Billy the Kid's name - linked to as many as 27 murders - would not be cleared. Billy the Kid was shot dead after escaping from jail in 1881, aged 21. More on BBC News