Political world reacts to Nunn plea

[Judi Lynn]

Source: WKYT

Posted: 6:04 PM Jun 28, 2011
Political world reacts to Nunn plea

With just a few weeks before his trial was set to begin former state lawmaker Steve Nunn surprised a courtroom Tuesday when he plead guilty to murder.
Reporter: Gabriel Roxas

With just a few weeks before his trial was set to begin former state lawmaker Steve Nunn surprised a courtroom Tuesday when he plead guilty to murder.

In what was supposed to be a status hearing Nunn admitted to gunning down his former fiancee, Amanda Ross outside her downtown Lexington townhouse in 2009. The surprising plea brings the case of a well-known Kentucky political family to an end, and reaction came quickly from the political world. "This has been a tragic set of circumstances and a heartbreaking time for all of the families and friends that have been involved in this situation," Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear said.

Nunn's downfall weighed particularly heavily on Beshear, who once appointed Nunn Deputy Secretary of Health and Family Services. "No one can predict what will happen in people's lives," Beshear said, "and this was one of those tragic situations that I don't know that anybody would have thought would have happened, but it apparently happened."

For those who have covered Nunn's career over the years, the arc of the former lawmaker's life seems staggering. "Well, it was an unusually fast fall from grace for Steve Nunn," veteran WKYT political analyst Bill Bryant said, "He was a moderate, well-respected lawmaker in 2003 who made a serious campaign for governor that year. In 2011, here he is headed to prison for the rest of his life."



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Former Ky. lawmaker and gov’s son pleads guilty to murder in ex-fiancée slaying, gets life
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, June 28, 9:42 AM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A former Kentucky state lawmaker has pleaded guilty to murder for shooting his ex-fiancé and was sentenced to life without parole.

An attorney for Steve Nunn said the son of former Kentucky Gov. Louis B. Nunn entered the plea Tuesday in a court in Lexington.

Nunn could have faced the death penalty if he’d been convicted in a trial that was scheduled to start in August. He was charged in the death of 29-year-old Amanda Ross, who was shot outside her Lexington home on Sept. 11, 2009.

Police arrested Nunn not long after Ross was found dead. Nunn was apprehended in a cemetery near his parents’ graves and police said he slit his wrists and fired one shot at troopers before surrendering.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/former-ky-lawmaker-and-govs-son-pleads-guilty-to-murder-in-ex-fiancee-slaying-gets-life/2011/06/28/AGBTE9oH_story.html

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Funny how his party wasn't mentioned. Yes, it's R. nt

[No Elephants]

3. At least until Faux News airs the story.

[No Elephants]

2. How is the case of a political family? Were his relatives accomplices?

I hate when the media does junk like this, as when they call Ethel Kennedy's cousin a Kennedy cousin in every story about the murder he supposedly committed. His only connection to the Kennedys was via the marriage of his cousin Ethel to Bobby Kennedy.

Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, these are very cheap shots by the media, very cheap indeed.