In Wisconsin, a Kenosha County court has sentenced Chrystul Kizer to 11 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to charges related to the killing in self-defense of the man who sex trafficked and assaulted her in 2018. She was 17 at the time; he had abused her since she was 16. Court records show Kenosha police knew the man, Randall Volar, who was white, had a history of sexually abusing Black girls and was under investigation for sex trafficking, but he remained free for months. Kizer says she shot and killed Volar in self-defense after he drugged her and tried to rape her.
this is just a headline with no details but the fact she was 17 really stands out to me, seems like they'd have to go out of their way to prosecute her case as an adult to get such a high sentence which is just another infuriating layer.
the bbc article says she accepted a plea deal because a trial had a possibility for a life sentence, idk if that was a good move or not in a normal country she would be acquitted by a jury but this is america
this is just a headline with no details but the fact she was 17 really stands out to me, seems like they'd have to go out of their way to prosecute her case as an adult to get such a high sentence which is just another infuriating layer.
the bbc article says she accepted a plea deal because a trial had a possibility for a life sentence, idk if that was a good move or not in a normal country she would be acquitted by a jury but this is america