Schwarzenegger's televised snore infuriates father of murder victim

In this June 13, 2007, file photo, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, and former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez joke around before a legislative group photo is taken at the Capitol in Sacramento. As his term was ending, Schwarzenegger commuted the sentence of Nunez's son, who was serving a 16-year sentence for his role in the fatal stabbing of a San Diego college student. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

LOS ANGELES - Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made a snoring noise and told a TV reporter he was bored by questions about his decision to cut short the prison sentence for the son of a political ally, angering the father of a murder victim.�

The father of murdered college student Luis Santos said he was insulted that Schwarzenegger made a snoring sound last week, when he was asked about his last-minute pardon for a politically-connected youth who assisted in the knifing homicide at a San Diego State fraternity party in 2008.�

"He's arrogant and insensitive," said Fred Santos, according to the Contra Costa Times newspaper in the Bay Area.�

Santos lives in the East Bay suburb of Concord. Schwarzenegger was getting an award in Hollywood Thursday night when reporter Dave Bryan of KCBS/KCAL asked him about his pardon of Esteban Nunez, the son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles.�

The younger Nunez had been serving a 16-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon when the governor cut the sentence short.�

On Thursday, with the CBS stations' camera rolling, Bryant asked the governor about the flap.�

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"Don't ask me the same question, OK, because otherwise you're boring the hell out of me,'' the former governor reportedly replied.�

When Bryan pressed the question, the governor made a snoring sound.�

Schwarzenegger's pardon caught prosecutors and the family of the victim, Luis Santos, by surprise. It was one of Schwarzenegger's last acts as governor and was criticized as a political favor to Fabian Nunez.�

The governor subsequently apologized for not informing the family in advance, but the family angrily spurned the apology and Schwarzenegger has refused comment since.
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And the comments to the CBS stations left the murdered student's family with renewed anger, the Contra Costa Times reported.�

"To him, doing an injustice just to do a political favor to reduce a sentence for a murderer is trivial, like choosing to have orange juice for breakfast,'' Santos told the paper Friday. "It shows his true character as a person."�

Schwarzenegger is a defendant in a suit filed by Santos that charges him with violating Marsy's Law, which amended the state Constitution to require that a victim get advance notice - and a chance to fight - any early release of a felon who affected them. That lawsuit is pending in Sacramento.

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