Better said by someone else

This is not a political blog at all...but, oh, what the hell.

Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8Q57VP00&show_article=1

The prosecutor in the case "went after somebody even when he knew no crime
had been committed," Romney said. "Given that fact, isn't it reasonable for a
commutation of a portion of the sentence to be made?"

...(snip)...

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.

...(snip)...
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.