Chrystal Kizer case: sex trafficking can be used as defense in homicide, Wisconsin court says
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Chrystul Kizer, alleged sex trafficking victim, can use an immunity defense to prove that she killed Randall Volar as a direct result of being trafficked when she was 17.
Wisconsin's Supreme Court has decided that Chrystul Kizer, an alleged sex trafficking victim accused of homicide, can argue at trial that she was justified in killing Randall Volar, the man who trafficked her. (Kenosha County Sheriff's Department via AP) The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in favor of allowing Chrystul Kizer, an alleged sex-trafficking victim, to use her experience being trafficked as a defense for her decision to shoot and kill her alleged trafficker, Randall Volar, when she was 17. (Google Maps) Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for FOX Business and Fox News. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.
"In Wisconsin, victims of human trafficking or child sex trafficking have ‘an affirmative defense for any offense committed as a direct result’ of the trafficking," Justice Rebecca Frank Dallet wrote in the majority opinion. The court focused its opinion on two questions: what it means for an offense to be "committed as a direct result" of trafficking, and whether the state's law is a "complete defense to first-degree intentional homicide."