Schwarzenegger Sends Apology Letter To SDSU Stabbing Victim's Father For Esteban Nunez Sentence Commute; Father Will Sue

By Simone Wilson Wed., Jan. 12 2011 at 8:22 AM

Categories: Crime

22-Year-Old Luis Santos was stabbed to death by Esteban Nuñéz in Fall 2008

Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger went out with a bang last week, turning what might have been his last lazy Sunday in office into a flex of very un-girly political muscle -- heard 'round California and the nation.

For one lucky "Bad Little Suburban Boy," 22-year-old Esteban Nuñéz, Schwarzenegger's tight relationship with California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñéz, the boy's father, means 11 years off his remaining 16-year sentence. Nuñez stabbed San Diego State University student Luis Santos to death in late 2008. If only we could all have parents in the Legislature...

The commute apparently caused such an uproar that, KNX radio reports this morning, Schwarzenegger ended up sending a letter of apology to Fred Santos. But Santos says that won't stop him from suing.

"He tries to give some excuses of his actions and give an apology. We do thank him for at least writing a letter," Santos said on air. "But we think that if there was never any outrage over his actions, we would never have received this letter."

The worked-up father went on to say that the half-assed letter is only further confirmation that Schwarzenegger knew his gift to the Nuñéz family was not granted with justice in mind.

"This goes to show that he knew what he was doing was wrong. ... and he wanted to keep it a secret so he signed an executive order," Santos said.

He added that this will not stop him from filing a lawsuit to protest Nuñéz' early release.

"[The governor] only granted a few commutations ... and there's a bunch of names in the hat for a petition for commutation," Santos said. "It just so happened that he reached into the hat and pulled out the name Esteban Nuñez, the son of his good friend?"

Santos has not announced the details of the lawsuit.

Tags:

apology, commute, Esteban Nunez, Fabian Nunez, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Luis Santos, pardon, prisons

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Dinosaur

I hope he enjoys taking it in the butt in prison.

Jahoovie

His whole time in office has been a farce and this is the icing on the rotten cake of his administration!!

Jahoovie

Arnold Sucks!!!

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FlipShip

This is why Esteban's sentence was commuted, "Nuñez stabbed San Diego State University student Luis Santos to death in late 2008"

Jett admitted to killing Luis Santos. Still the media lies about the facts, (as in Santos and his friend really jumped Esteban and his friends). Esteban was never offered a failed trial, or a fair sentence. Thankfully, the governor could.

bubb7

Nunez, Jett, and their friends were turned away from a frat party. They came back armed with knives. Jett stabbed and killed Santos, however, Esteban also stabbed 2 other individuals, both of whom survived. Esteban and Jett were BOTH charged with murder. Esteban is just as criminally liable as Jett under the law as a principal or an aider/abettor. To suggest that Esteban was never "offered" a fair trial is a ridiculous statement. HE was the one that chose not to take this to trial and pled to a lesser charge of manslaughter & assault with a deadly weapon for fear of facing a life sentence if convicted for the murder. The decision to plead to a charge is supposed to be within the sole discretion of the Defendant (Esteban). No one, not even an attorney, family, prosecutor or judge can force a defendant to plead. His sentence seemed pretty fair given his possible exposure for the murder charge. And if we're talking about fair; it doesn't seem FAIR that Mr. Santos loses his son, one of the perps. gets the benefit of a plea deal, and that perp. STILL gets his sentenced reduced through commutation

Although the media doesn't always get their facts right, you ALSO seem to be sorely misinformed.