Nijinsky Dix, a doctoral student and director of two student-services programs at the University of Notre Dame, was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison.
Nijinsky Dix, a University of Notre Dame program director, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the 2020 fatal shooting of Terry Hickman.Terry Hickman was fatally shot in 2020 by his former girlfriend. Nijinsky Dix was a doctoral student in criminology, law and justice at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
with prosecutors in which she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. She initially had been charged with first-degree murder.“I am unable to articulate with the color of words. I apologize for the past 1,029 days of grief and anguish. I hope today begins to offer some peace and healing to everyone affected by my actions that day.”Hickman’s daughters, siblings and an uncle said they were outraged by the plea bargain. They said Dix deserved more time in prison.
When police arrived, responding to a report of gunshots, they found Dix holding a .9mm pistol and kneeling at Hickman’s feet. His body was face down on the apartment floor. According to court documents, Dix told the officers that Hickman “pushed me and I shot him.” In his sentencing memo to the judge, Assistant U.S. Attorney John Interrante said Dix’s advantages in life — her intelligence, education and financial means — were reasons that her crime “should be severely punished.”
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