Schwarzenegger commutes prison sentence for ex-speaker Nunez' son

[The Straight Story]

Schwarzenegger commutes prison sentence for ex-speaker Nunez' son

SACRAMENTO, CA - On his last day in office, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger commuted a voluntary manslaughter prison sentencing Sunday for 21-year-old-Esteban Nunez, son of an ex-Assembly Speaker.

The governor reduced Nunez's maximum sentencing of 16 years for the fatal stabbing of a San Diego college student in 2008, to seven years in prison.

Prosecutors said Nunez, son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, and co-defendant Ryan Jett, were with two other men on the night of Oct. 4, 2008 when they were refused entry into a party near San Diego State University. The men were accused of attacking and fatally stabbing Luis Santos. Two other men with the victim were also stabbed and Nunez eventually admitted he stabbed one of them in the stomach, though not fatal. Jett was accused of fatally stabbing Santos.

In May 2009, Nunez and Jett plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon in a plea agreement. Both men were given the maxiumum prison sentence.
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"Considering Nunez's limited role in the killing and his clean prior criminal record, I believe his sentence is disproportionate in comparison to Jett's," said the governor in a statement. "The lower terms for voluntary masnalughter (three years) and assault with a deadly weapon (two years each) would be more appropriate in light of these differences."

http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=115218&catid=2

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. This was a messy, ugly business...

I don't know for sure, but Nunez' son came across as a punk.

I sure hope he learned his lesson...

:shrug:

[pipoman]

2. Apparently he'll still be in until 2016?

[tammywammy]

3. Yes, he'll still be in prison until then

Unless he gets out early for good behavior and such. The Governor only lowered the amount of time he had been originally sentenced to.

http://dl5.activatedirect.com/fs/distribution:letterFile/yvcee9xanplikz_files/ze4psafdtr1gp7?&_c=d|yvcee9xanplikz|ze4xgysc0vchxz&_ce=1294020125.94714fc0619c9a2362466d6aae5f1c26

[KeepItReal]

4. Is Arnold gonna commute sentences of other non-fatal stabbing perpetrators?

"The murder of funny, charming Luis Santos, whose bloody knifing last October has implicated Esteban Núñez, the son of former California Speaker Fabian Núñez, and Esteban’s friends, can’t be dismissed with a tidy cliché about disadvantaged kids killing one another on the mean streets.

Flip the mirror, and its opposite but equally dark image appears. The murder involved educated suburban adults, some moving easily in or around the upper strata of California’s power elite, suggesting vague parallels to the Billionaire Boys Club. The case has elicited the involvement of California’s Democratic Party political stars, from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to County Federation of Labor chief Maria Elena Durazo — all rallying around the accused while doing nothing to support the family of the widely loved dead young man, who went, simply, by the name Lu.

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Facing trial in October are Núñez, 20, a handsome insider and “problem-solver” who knows famous people like the Maloof brothers, co-owners of the Sacramento Kings, and son of Fabian Núñez, one-time golden boy of the Latino power structure and a close friend of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger..."

http://www.laweekly.com/2009-05-28/news/esteban-nunez-case-bad-little-suburban-boys/

[littlewolf]

5. This is a shame .... I am certain the family of the dead man

is devastated ... I wonder what "daddy" has on Arnold ....