Show threadNonilexAug 19, 2024

Public defender Jennifer Bias said #ChrystulKizer acted in #SelfDefense after Volar had pinned her to the ground while *trying to initiate sexual contact* [was #SexuallyAssaulting her].

Prosecutors declined to comment, & Kizer’s atty was not immediately available following Mon’s sentencing.

#law #kidnapping #SexTrafficking #SexualAbuse #SexualAssault #Rape #AffirmativeDefense #BelieveSurvivors #Wisconsin

Show threadNonilexAug 19, 2024
>30 states have #AffirmativeDefense provisions that allow #SexTrafficking victims [survivors] to be acquitted of certain charges against them if they can prove at trial that a #crime was committed because of their #abuse.

#Kenosha County DA Michael Gravely had argued that #ChrystulKizer carried out a premeditated killing to steal Volar’s BMW
[AYFKM?]

#law #kidnapping #SexualAbuse #SexualAssault #Rape #SelfDefense #BelieveSurvivors #Wisconsin
Show threadNonilexAug 19, 2024

This year, #ChrystulKizer agreed to plead guilty to a reduced charge of #SecondDegree #RecklessHomicide w/a dangerous #weapon, which carried a max of 30 yrs.

Advocates said Kizer’s case marked the 1st time a #Wisconsin court had allowed a defendant who was a #SexTrafficking victim to use an “#AffirmativeDefense” for a #homicide charge.

#law #SelfDefense #abuse #SexualAbuse #SexualAssault #Rape #BelieveSurvivors

Show threadNonilexAug 19, 2024

#ChrystulKizer will ultimately not serve the full 11 yrs in prison, after #Kenosha County Judge David P. Wilk ruled she had already served >1½ yrs.

Kizer, now 24, initially faced a possible life sentence for shooting 34-yr-old Randall Volar III when she was 17 yrs-old. Volar, who was White, had been #filming his #SexualAbuse of Kizer, who is Black, for >1 yr.

#law #SelfDefense #abuse #SexTrafficking #SexualAbuse #SexualAssault #Rape #AffirmativeDefense #BelieveSurvivors #Wisconsin

NonilexAug 19, 2024

A judge on Mon sentenced #ChrystulKizer, a Milwaukee woman, charged w/killing the man who #abused & #SexTrafficked her as a teenager to 11 yrs in prison +5 yrs of extended supervision. The decision ends a 6-yr legal saga that tested the limits of the court’s leniency toward #survivors of #SexualAbuse who commit resulting #crimes.

#law #SelfDefense #abuse #SexTrafficking #SexualAssault #Rape #AffirmativeDefense #BelieveSurvivors #Wisconsin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08/19/chrystul-kizer-sentence-wisconsin-sex-trafficking/

Sex-trafficking victim Chrystul Kizer gets 11 years for killing her abuser

The decision ends a six-year legal saga that tested the limits of the court’s leniency toward trafficking survivors who commit crimes.

The Washington Post