In Kenosha, prosecutors argue that when Kizer was 17, she planned the 2018 murder of 34-year-old Randall Phillip Volar III in order to steal his BMW. Kizer says she was defending herself after Volar, who had been filming his abuse of her since she was 16, pinned her to the floor when she refused to have sex with him.
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The two sides have been at odds over the meaning of Wisconsin’s affirmative defense law, which is somewhat similar to laws around self-defense. It states that trafficking victims have a legal defense “for any offense committed as a direct result” of being trafficked.

Prosecutors argued that “any offense” did not include homicide and that even if it did, Kizer’s charges should only be lowered to lesser ones. But the appeals court agreed with Kizer’s lawyers, who argued “any offense” did indeed mean “any offense.”

If Kizer and her attorneys can prove to a judge that there is “some evidence” her crime was a “direct result” of her trafficking, then she will probably go before a jury. If that jury agrees that her charges were a “direct result” of her victimization, she would be found not guilty.

Kizer’s case gained national attention after a Washington Post article showed that Kenosha police and prosecutors knew that Volar, a White man, was abusing Kizer and other underage Black girls before his death.

Three months before Volar’s death, a 15-year-old was found fleeing from his home after she called 911 to say he had drugged her and was going to kill her. Police raided the house and found “hundreds” of child pornography videos and more than 20 “home videos” of Volar abusing girls who appeared to investigators to be as young as 12 years old. While the investigation unfolded, Volar remained free.