SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Sacramento County superior court judge ruled Friday that former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't break any laws when he cut the manslaughter sentence for the son of a political ally just hours before leaving office last year.
Judge Lloyd Connelly called Schwarzenegger's decision to reduce Esteban Nunez's
sentence from 16 years to seven years distasteful and "repugnant to the
bulk of the citizenry of this state," but within his executive powers
as governor. Nunez is the son of the governor's onetime political ally,
former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez.
Esteban
Nunez pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a 2008 attack on an
unarmed group of young men after he and some friends were turned away
from a fraternity party in San Diego. Three others pleaded guilty to
various charges in the attack that killed 22-year-old college student
Luis Santos.
Santos' family
and the San Diego district attorney sued, claiming that Schwarzenegger
violated the voter-approved Marsy's Law, which requires families be
notified about cases involving their loved ones.
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