Schwarzenegger says commutation was to help friend

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Schwarzenegger says commutation was to help friend
By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 6:08 p.m.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he was helping a friend when he commuted the sentence of the son of a political ally.

Schwarzenegger reduced Esteban Nunez's sentence from 16 years to seven years on the day before he left office in January. Nunez, who is the son of former state Assembly speaker Fabian Nunez, had pleaded guilty in the 2008 stabbing death of a San Diego college student, 22-year-old Luis Santos.

The decision was criticized by prosecutors, fellow Republicans and Santos' family, and is now the subject of a lawsuit.

Schwarzenegger said in a Newsweek interview published this week that he understands the parents' anger and critics' condemnation.



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1. pssh what a phony there never should've been a commutation in the first place

there are many others who've probably pled guilty to similar crimes who won't get the help of the governor because they ain't the children of legislative leadership. Can't Jerry Brown or state/federal court do something to reverse this commutation?