With a life sentence, justice has been served, say the family and friends of Sarah Fay, the pregnant woman from Puna, beaten and left brain-dead in 2005 but kept on life support until her baby’s birth.

Big Island Circuit Judge Greg Nakamura sentenced Fay’s boyfriend Marwan Timothy Saad Jackson, 30, today to life with the possibility of parole, an extended term for a conviction of manslaughter.

"Manslaughter was definitely not enough," said Sarah Fay’s brother Michael Fay after the sentencing. "That’s why we were here today, to hopefully effect that….The most important thing today is that justice is served."

The 34-year-old Fay was 7-1/2 months pregnant with Jackson’s child when she was found unconscious with head and bodily injuries Nov. 25, 2005, at her Fern Acres home. She was transferred to the Queen’s Medical Center and kept on life support until Josiah Darcy Fay, now 5 1/2 years old, was delivered by Caesarian section Dec. 12, 2005.