Jonathon Edington arrives at Superior Court in Bridgeport, Conn. ,
in this Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006 file photo. Edington was sentenced
Friday, Aug. 31, 2007, to 12 years in prison for first-degree
manslaughter in the stabbing death of his neighbor Barry James.



Harold D. Edington, father of Jonathon Edington, leaves Superior
Court in Bridgeport, Conn. , Friday, Aug. 31, 2007 after his son,
Jonathon Edington, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for
manslaughter in connection with the Aug. 28, 2006 stabbing death of
his neighbor Barry James.

Rita James, center, and her husband, Charles James, talk to
reporters outside Superior Court in Bridgeport, Conn. , Friday, Aug.
31, 2007 after Jonathon Edington was sentenced to 12 years for
manslaughter. Edington was sentenced to prison in connection with
the stabbing death of their son, Barry James, last year.