Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

INSANE: Randall volar | Rare Historical Photos

Feds Seek 20-Year Sentence for Backpage Co-Founder Michael Lacey

It's an insane ask for someone convicted of just one nonviolent offense.

Reason · Aug 21, 2024

Wisconsin woman who argued she legally killed sex trafficker gets 11 years in prison

A Milwaukee woman who argued that she was legally allowed to a kill a man because he was sexually trafficking her has been sentenced to 11 years in prison

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2024

Chrystul Kizer Sentenced To 11 Years In Fatal Shooting Case

Chrystul Kizer sentenced to 11 years for fatal shooting, raising legal questions on trafficking victims' defense strategies.

Chrystul Kizer killed a man she says sexually abused her. Now she’s been sentenced to 11 years behind bars

Kizer, who is now 23 years old, will spend 11 years behind bars and another five years on extended supervision

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2024

Video, transcripts of Wisconsin woman's police interview cannot be used at her trial, judge rules

A judge has ruled that video and transcripts of a police interview with a Wisconsin woman accused of killing a man she alleges was sexually trafficking her cannot be admitted as evidence in her trial

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2023

Wisconsin court to rule on immunity in sex trafficking case

Wisconsin's Supreme Court is set to decide whether a sex trafficking victim accused of homicide can argue at trial that she was justified in killing the man who trafficked her

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022

Justices to weigh if trafficking defense applies to homicide

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to consider whether a woman can argue she legally killed a man under a state law that absolves sex trafficking victims of their crimes

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Should a sex trafficking defense apply in a homicide case?

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to decide whether a woman who killed a man can find shelter in a state law that absolves sex trafficking victims of their crimes

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2022

Coverage From

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Wisconsin Supreme Court

141 stories

Backpage

47 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.