NI Man Gets 20 Yrs For Kidnap, Rape

A North Idaho man will spend at least 20 years behind bars for beating, raping and tying up a 13-year-old female relative last year. Michael David Nixon spent most of today’s hour-long sentencing hunched forward with his head down, shaking. His lawyer and a sister described how Nixon and his siblings were severely abused as children. “This is a family that saw horrendous, horrendous things together,” Kootenai County Deputy Public Defender Mayli Walsh said. She asked 1st District Judge Fred M. Gibler to give Nixon a minimum of two years in prison, arguing that with treatment he would pose a low risk to society/ Scott Maben , SR. More here . (KCSD booking photo, of Michael David Nixon)