Individual convicted to an 11-year jail term after asserting her alleged right to fatally attack a male due to his involvement in sexually exploiting her.
Chrystul Kizer, who recently admitted to manslaughter in the case, will also serve five years on probation, as per the statement made by Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley to CNN. The 11-year sentence will be reduced by 570 days due to the time Kizer spent in prison awaiting trial, Graveley mentioned.
Kizer allegedly killed Randall Volar, 34, at his Kenosha, Wisconsin, residence in 2018. According to the Kenosha County Court prosecutors, Kizer shot Volar in the head, set his house on fire and stole his BMW.
AP News reported that Kizer initially faced several charges, including first-degree intentional homicide, arson, vehicle theft and unlawful possession of a firearm.
Kizer, who is African-American, claimed that she was being exploited by Volar, who was Caucasian, starting from her 16th year.
In 2022, Wisconsin’s Highest Court ruled that a state law that absolves trafficking victims of criminal responsibility for offenses resulting from trafficking can be applied to first-degree intentional homicide.
The court said that Kizer’s legal team should be granted the chance to present evidence at trial that the crimes she was accused of were directly linked to the violence she endured. As per a statement from the Chicago Community Bail Fund, this ruling allowed Kizer to argue that the killing was justified, but she was required to present evidence proving her decision to kill Volar was related to being trafficked before invoking immunity.
Kizer has maintained that Volar’s death was a result of self-defense, the bond fund declared, but she pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter in May this year, according to court documents.
At the age of 17, Kizer carried a gun in her school bag and traveled from Milwaukee to Volar’s home in Kenosha, after telling her boyfriend that she intended to shoot him because she was fed up with him touching her, as per AP News reports, citing court filings.
CNN reached out to Kizer’s legal team for comment.
Kizer's legal team argued that the killing was justified due to her being trafficked, as stated by the Chicago Community Bail Fund. Despite this claim, Kizer pleaded guilty to manslaughter, showing her remorse towards us, the general public, for the unfortunate incident.
