By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Marinette County, MI – A white hunter convicted of killing a Hmong man while both hunted squirrels in woods near Peshtigo has been sentenced to the maximum 69 years in prison. James Nichols was sentenced in Marinette County Wednesday on charges of Second-Degree Intentional Homicide, Hiding a Corpse, and being a felon in possession of a firearm in the death of Cha Vang of Green Bay. Vang's death rekindled racial tension in Northern Wisconsin, where a Hmong deer hunter fatally shot six white hunters three years ago. Vang was a 30-year-old father of five. He was found dead January 6th in a wildlife refuge. He had a wooden stick in his clenched teeth, and his body was hidden in a depression covered with a log and other debris. An autopsy showed he has been shot and stabbed five times.
Marinette County Circuit Judge David Miron also sentenced Nichols to 30 years extended supervision when he finishes his prison term.