Today's lesson: If a man taunts you mercilessly about your love life, just walk away

Suffolk Superior Court Judge Linda Giles handed down the sentence; prosecutors had asked for 15-20 (and had he been convicted of second-degree murder, he would have gotten life, but with a chance at parole).

The victim's family members addressed the court before sentencing, including the mother of his son:

He tells me, 'Mom I miss dad so much.' Sometimes days will pass and he will speak to me about his dad as if he were alive.

"But the worst part is when he asks me, 'What happened? Who harmed him? How did it happen?'

"How do you tell a boy that the person who ate with us at our table, who spent time with our family, who when he needed a helping hand, helped him; who in tough times was always able to help him. How?"