Executive Clemency for California, 2010

In a brief writ­ten ra­tionale for com­mut­ing the sen­tence of Esteban Nuñez, Gov. Arnold Schwar­zeneg­ger noted that he had no pri­or re­cord and had played a “lim­ited” role in the at­tack, and that it was “not in dis­pute” that an­oth­er man was the one who had stabbed San­tos.

Back to the story: On the eve of a murder tri­al, a deal is struck. But will it stick?