TexasTiger 13,006 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Romney defends Bush's commutation moveFormer Mass. governor denied every pardon request during his term COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who as Massachusetts governor refused to pardon an Iraq war veteran's BB-gun conviction, on Tuesday called President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence "reasonable." Defending Bush, Romney said at a campaign stop that "the president looked very carefully at the setting" before deciding to commute the 2 1/2-year sentence of Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, who was convicted in the CIA leak case. ... As governor, Romney twice rejected a pardon for Anthony Circosta, who at age 13 was convicted of assault for shooting another boy in the arm with a BB gun - a shot that didn't break the skin. Circosta worked his way through college, joined the Army National Guard and led a platoon of 20 soldiers in Iraq's deadly Sunni triangle. In 2005, as he was serving in Iraq, he sought a pardon to fulfill his dream of becoming a police officer. In his presidential bid, Romney often proudly points out that he was the first governor in modern Massachusetts history to deny every request for a pardon or commutation during his four years in office. He says he refused pardons because he didn't want to overturn a jury. During the four years Romney was in office, 100 requests for commutations and 172 requests for pardons were filed in the state. All were denied. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19586943/ Pardons are sometimes appropriate--- after someone has done their time. The guy can't forgive the soldier for what he did as a 13 year old kid, but Libby get's the pass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,126 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Different cases, different situations. I fail to see where the hypocrisy is at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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