After apologizing to the family of professional surfer Emery Kauanui Jr., Seth Cravens was sentenced Monday to 20-years-to-life in prison for killing Kauanui in 2007 and for knocking a man unconscious and breaking his nose three weeks earlier. Cravens, 23, was dressed in a green jail uniform and sported what appeared to be fading blemishes of two black eyes. He spoke for the first time publicly and told the slain surfer’s family he was sorry. “I’m so sorry that this happened. I’m sorry for you guys’ loss,” Cravens said. “I do pray that you guys find some kind of peace and comfort. I’m really sorry. I’m sorry for my own family and for everybody that had to go through this with me.” San Diego Superior Court Judge John Einhorn imposed 15-years-to-life for the second-degree murder conviction, and added five years consecutively for an attack upon another man, Michael Johnson, who was knocked unconscious in an unrelated incident. He fined Cravens $200, and gave him credit for serving 616 days in jail since his arrest in early June, 2007. Deputy District Attorney Sophia Roach urged a sentence of 26-years-to-life that included punishment for Cravens after he was also found guilty of assaulting six other people in a jury verdict on Nov. 18, 2008. The other incidents occurred in La Jolla and involved Cravens and other members of the “Bird Rock Bandits” crashing parties and punching people. “Mr. Cravens has been terrorizing the community for years,” Roach said. Kauanui, 24, died May 28, 2007, four days after he was punched by Cravens in the face and his head hit the pavement outside his mother’s home in La Jolla. His skull was cracked and he suffered brain damage. “I know his death was not in vain. I believe it would have been someone (else),” said Cindy Kauanui, alluding to the other assaults that occurred to other victims. Cravens’ lawyer, Mary Ellen Attridge, asked for an 18-year sentence without the life term attached, saying to add life would be “cruel and unusual.” Einhorn disagreed, saying his case does not meet the criteria for unusual circumstances. “By your violence, you took the life of a human being. It’s unforgivable,” said Einhorn, who described the slaying as “a brutal, vicious, totally uncalled-for attack upon Mr. Kauanui.” Attridge asked the judge to permit Cravens to have a hug with his parents and his fiancee in the courtroom after the sentencing was over. “Can’t do it, sorry,” Einhorn said. Attridge unsuccessfully asked that the second-degree murder conviction be reduced to voluntary manslaughter, and for a new trial. She cited what she called “prosecutorial misconduct,” but Einhorn said there was no misconduct. “There was substantial, credible evidence to support a (verdict) of second-degree murder,” Einhorn said. Cindy Kauanui said she believed her son was “my guardian angel now.” She told the court of memories their family spent in Hawaii, and how her son was once in a C & H sugar commercial as a child. “He knew the God of Aloha. He knew Jesus Christ. I’m sure if Emery were able to speak for himself today, he would let Seth know that God loves you, and that Jesus loves you, and He died for you,” Cindy Kauanui said. Matthew Yanke, 22, Eric House, 21, and Henri “Hank” Hendricks, 22, have been released from jail, and only Orlando Osuna, 23, remains in the Vista Detention Facility. They were sentenced to varying jail terms in 2008 and placed on three years’ probation with the condition they do not drink alcohol. All five of them graduated from La Jolla High School. Yanke, House and Osuna pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and Hendricks pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact. Osuna is scheduled to be released Feb. 22. What is next for Cravens? His attorney said afterward “he and his girlfriend are thinking about getting married.”