>> well we got cheated out of that. >> reporter: what the santoss didn't know fabbian nunez had forgeds very last night in office without hearing from the santos family schwarzenegger slashed nunez's sentence from 16 years to just 7. he is set to be released early next year. >> i think it was political cronyism at its worst snoofr snoor after several weeks cnn repeatedly requested an interview with fabbian nunez. he denied it but he spoke to cnn in 2011. >> from the beginning my son was the headliner in this case. >> reporter: he alleged prosecutors were hungry for a conviction because of his connection to a powerful man. >> there was a totally different legal standard applied to my son. >> reporter: in this letter objecting to the court's sentence nunez argued that his son did not harm mr. santos that jet was the real killer something that witnesses told police. but officers said his role in the crime was equal. >> he actually stabbed two of the four boys himself. as to lewis, there is a question as to whether or not he was the stabber. but he participated in what caused that stabbing