Posted on 01/04/2011 12:23:22 PM PST by nickcarraway
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger decision to commute the prison sentence for the son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez has outraged some of the outgoing governor's critics, including a victim's father.
On his last day in office, Schwarzenegger shortened Esteban Nunez's sentence to seven years, saying he thought the 16-year sentence was excessive. The move came just hours before Schwarzenegger left office.
Nunez pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon for his role in a fight that killed 22-year-old Luis Santos near San Diego State University in 2008.
The victim's father called the decision ridiculous and politically motivated.
"How many people do you have to kill before you're supposed to be sentenced?" wondered Fred Santos. "He's essentially telling everybody: 'If you've never committed a crime previously, go ahead and commit any crime you want. It's OK -- you should get the lightest sentence possible.' "
Santos said he always feared politics would interfere with justice. He criticized the governor for "not having the decency to contact the family."
Some San Diegans commenting on NBCSanDiego's Facebook page were vocal about the former governor's decision. "He pleads guilty to killing someone, is given 16 years in jail, and that is too excessive?" Tom May wrote. "I don't believe in the death penalty, but I'm strongly for life in prison for all murders with very few exceptions, i.e. involuntary manslaughter. This was a political favor and reeks!"
"He pleaded 'guilty' for killing someone," Julie Salmons said. "He admitted his guilt. Why do we even bother with judges and jury pools, when a Gov. can just overturn anything with a swipe his pen? Meanwhile, the person he killed is still dead. This is so absolutely disgusting. I feel for the family of that murdered 22-year-old." Prosecutors said during the killing was committed after Nunez and friends went looking for a fight after they were refused entry to a fraternity party.
This whole thing is a outrage.
Did rats raise him or was it Nazis?
In this same category we can include Romney, Graham and Brown. Among many others.
Schwarzenneger is hated in San Diego. The District Attorney and the judge were not consulted. That puke Esteban Nunez did not cause the fatal stab wound, but he used a knife and he stabbed the kid and triedto cover up the crime. Fabian Nunez is a typically corrupt Mexican who got rich in Sacramento. The punk knows Daddy will take care of him. I hope they rot in hell!
Actually, it would be better if he were telling everybody.
Sort of like when Gov. Huckabee let that cop killer loose. Let’s hope Arnold doesn’t wind up with more blood on his hands ?
What do you expect from a socialist scumbag like girlyman Arnold.
what crimes have Romney’s kids committed?
Are their kids a mess? I was specifically citing the general propensity for the children of leftist politicians to wind up as criminal lowlifes.
Well yeah Tom, but you know, the corrupt politicians can't take back a sentence of DEATH, with ZERO exceptions. And while I'm at it, you don't seem to be too concerned with what the "perp/victim-of-justice" will do once he gets out. He could get mixed up with more losers like himself and kill again. He should have gotten the death sentence and you wouldn't have to worry about corrupt politicians like Ah-nold.
I have to wonder how man dollars were wired to Ah-nold's offshore account?
Hey, this isn’t so bad.
He could have done something completely corrupt like sending his Chief of Staff to become mayor of Chicago and hire the new ex mayor to be his Chief of Staff.
Oh, forgot, that’s been done already.
Arnold only reduced the sentence from 16yrs. Nuñez is still serving 7 years.
This only got to Arnold because of who the perp's Dem daddy was politically. It's the worst kind of motive for a politician.
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