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June 25, 2020

Chrystul Kizer, Teen Who Killed Her Alleged Sex Trafficker, Freed on Bail
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In Wisconsin, a 19-year-old Black woman facing life in prison on charges
of killing her alleged sex trafficker was freed from jail on bail
Monday. Chrystul Kizer had been imprisoned for two years while awaiting
trial. She was allegedly trafficked beginning at the age of 16 by
Randall Volar, a 34-year-old white man. Court records show Volar had a
history of sexually abusing underage Black girls but remained free.
Kizer says she shot and killed Volar in self-defense in 2018, after he
drugged her and tried to rape her. Advocates have pointed to the
striking similarities between Kizer's case and that of Cyntoia Brown,
who was freed from prison last year after being granted clemency while
serving a life sentence for killing a man who bought her for sex when
she was just 16 years old.


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