Chrystul Kizer was sentenced to 11 years in a Wisconsin state prison after she pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide in the killing of a man who she said trafficked her as a teenager.

In 2017 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Chrystul Kizer, a 16-year-old Black girl, met Randall P. Volar III, a 33-year-old White man, on Backpage. Volar abused and trafficked Kizer and other underage Black girls. In February 2018, a 15-year-old girl called police from Volar's home saying Volar had drugged her and was going to kill her; the girl was later found by police wandering the streets half-naked under the influence of LSD. A subsequent search of Volar's home found evidence of child sex abuse, including hundreds of videotapes of Volar abusing Kizer and other underage Black girls. On February 22, Volar was arrested for child enticement, second-degree sexual assault of a child, and using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime. He was released on the same day without bail. Police waited three months before submitting the case to prosecutors. Twelve day

In 2018, Kizer, then 17 years old, was arrested for Volar's murder and charged as an adult with first-degree intentional homicide, which carries a mandatory life sentence. She was also charged with arson for setting fire to Volar's house, and with car theft for stealing Volar's car, among other charges. Kizer's bail was originally set at $1 million.

In February 2020, Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge David Wilk lowered Kizer's bail to. Kizer paid the bail with community donations raised by the Chicago Community Bond Fund, the Milwaukee Freedom Fund, Survived and Punished, and the Chrystul Kizer Defense Committee, and was released on June 22, 2020 after spending nearly two years in jail.

In January 2024, Kizer was charged with a misdemeanor for disorderly conduct. Her bail was revoked, and on February 13, 2024, she was re-arrested.

On May 9, 2024, Kizer pled guilty to one felony count of second-degree reckless homicide, which carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison. Kizer's decision to plead guilty ensured she would not receive a life sentence. As part of the deal, felony charges of arson, car theft, illegal possession of a firearm, and bail jumping were dismissed. On August 19, Kizer was sentenced to 11 years in prison, with more than a year and a half of time already served, plus 5 years of extended supervision. Kizer is currently incarcerated at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution.

my thoughts are that she was arrested for disorderly conduct in 2024 due to frustration possibly from the pending criminal case. At that point, she was probably tired of dealing with the people who helped her after she was released from jail in 2020.

I believe she plead guilty because she was told to by her public defender told her to and she was fed up with dealing with them.

Although 11 years is not the worst case, basically, it seems like she is being railroaded, and people and the legal system is just letting it happen.

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State v. Kizer

In this case regarding the interpretation of Wis. Stat. 939.46(1m) and the scope of the "affirmative defense for any offense committed as a direct result" of human or child sex trafficking the Supr...

Ironically, she will be the same age of the person she killed when she is released from prison.

On another note, I think that at the very least that her sentence should have been suspended due to all of the incriminating evidence that the person she killed was noted for possibly having sex with and giving illegal drugs to underaged Black girls.