Victim's family sues over Schwarzenegger clemency

Associated Press ^ | Jan. 20, 2011 | JUDY LIN

[Free ThinkerNY]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The parents of a murdered college student say former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger "messed with the wrong family" in issuing an 11th-hour clemency for the son of a political ally.

[exist]

i didn’t really get the point of his clemency. seemed to make no sense.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Schwarzenegger was a pig to do that.

[TribalPrincess2U]

A political buddy? Now that’s just dirty and unforgivable!

I hope they take him for everything they can.

[ColdOne]

Good luck to them on this lawsuit. I am for this one. This was wrong of him to do this.

[mewykwistmas]

“Schwarzenegger was a pig to do that.”

He was a pig long before that, but this topped everything.

[DemforBush]

I don’t know how much legal recourse these folks have, but I wish them the best of luck in their efforts. Reducing Nunez’s sentence was a despicable act and political backscratching of the worst sort, IMHO.

[RBIEL2]

I’m sure Nunez the Elder(politician) earned it. It had to be a quid pro quo. But it would have been better for Arnold to welch and renege on that deal if he had any backbone. Unfortunately, I think Arnold has future business with Nunez.

[FightThePower!]

It is stupid crap like this that makes people want to take law into their own hands to get justice.

[SteveH]

A presumption that would be charitable towards Swartzenegger is that he traded something very big and very good for California in the legislature in return for this in some sort of back room deal.

Still, i wonder why he would have to honor the agreement since it is in the long run all politics and i cannot figure out any legal reason why he could not have simply reneged...

[Liz]

Schwarzenegger’s shameful last act (this will make your blood boil)
http://michellemalkin.com/ ^ | 1/03/11 | Michelle Malkin
FR Posted Monday, January 03, 2011 by teg_76

RINO Schwarzenegger committed one last shameful act, commuting the son of a Democrat
crony, former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez (a collaborator on job-killing enviro/regs).

Esteban Nunez, left, and Ryan Jett listen to victim impact statements Friday, June 25, 2010.

[SteveH]

Perhaps California can issue a new type of license plate, “republicrat immunity.”

That could at least save the police and the DA a lot of pointless work chasing scum who will only get released later anyway.

[mewykwistmas]

Notice the smirk on his face

[cicero2k]

I had been lamenting how Schwarzenegger turned out, especially after working on the 2003 recall. Then this. I bet the law is changed because of it.

Then there were questionable pardons by Clinton on the morning of January 20, 2001 (ten years today). Perhaps this needs to be changed on the Federal level also. Prevent pardons within 60 days of leaving office.

[La Enchiladita]

I am always struck by the smug expression on (the younger) Nunez’s face...

[Liz]

Sense of entitlement smirk.

[La Enchiladita]

Fred and Kathy Santos filed a lawsuit Thursday in Sacramento County Superior Court asking the court to restore a 16-year sentence for Esteban Nunez, the son of former state Assembly speaker Fabian Nunez. Schwarzenegger lowered the sentence to seven years the night before he left office and did not contact the family or the San Diego County District Attorney's office beforehand.

Unconscionable. THEN, he wrote a letter of "apology" to the victim's family.

[Two Kids' Dad]

Is there a living soul on the planet that doesn’t think Arnold’s a complete douche and an idiot?

Biggest. Disappointment. EVER.

[originalbuckeye]

California is in another universe. A few years ago, a young woman was driving erratically at high speeds on the freeway down from San Francisco. She lost control of her car and collided with another car killing it's occupants. She killed the Prince of Tonga, his wife and their driver. The news stories in SoCal at the time were very sympathetic to her and her family. IIRC, she was around 18, her name was Delgado and she had taken the car without permission. I was appalled at the spin by the News media. Among the elites in California there is no sympathy for victims.

[hoosierham]

Wooden actor married into Kennedy family and becomes darling of RINO politicos.