Wisconsin court rules in favor of woman who wants to cite sex trafficking as immunity defense in homicide case

Wisconsin court rules against transgender sex offender - Local News 8

By SCOTT BAUER Associated PressMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s conservative majority said Thursday that a transgender woman cannot change her name because she is on the state’s sex offender registry and the law does not allow people on the registry to change their names.The court’s 4-3 decision upholds the rulings of two lower courts, which rejected the woman’s requests to change her name and avoid registering as a sex offende…

Chrystul Kizer: Wisconsin SC allows sex trafficking defense for woman who killed her rapist

Chrystul Kizer: Wisconsin SC allows sex trafficking defense for woman who killed her rapistChrystul Kizer, a rape victim who killed her alleged assaulter, can finally use "an affirmative defense for any offence committed as a direct result" of trafficking after a historic ruling made by the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday, July 6. Kizer was only 16 years old when Randall Phillip Volar III, then 33, started sexually abusing her and filming h…

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against transgender sex offender

The Wisconsin Supreme Court's conservative majority said that a transgender woman cannot change her name because she is on the state's sex offender registry and the law does not allow people on the registry to change their names.

Anti-sexual violence groups applaud State Supreme Court decision in sex trafficking case

MADISON, Wis. — Anti-violence advocacy groups across the country and state are applauding the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that would allow a sex trafficking victim accused of killing her abuser to make an argument for self defense.The ruling refers to the case involving Chrystul Kizer who reportedly traveled to the home of her sex trafficker at the age of 17 when she shot and killed the man after he touched her.RELATED: Wisconsin Supreme Cour…

Wisconsin Court: Sex Trafficking Can Be Defense for Homicide

MADISON, Wis.—A woman accused of killing a man can argue at trial that she was justified because he was sexually trafficking her, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that could help define the limits of legal immunity for trafficking victims nationwide. The justices ruled 4-3 that a 2008 state law that absolves trafficking victims of criminal liability for any offenses committed as a direct result of being trafficked extends …

Sex trafficking can justify homicide, US court rules

The landmark decision could help define the limits of legal immunity for trafficking victims nationwide.