
Chrystul Kizer walks off after her sentencing hearing (Jillian Craig, Kenosha News).
A Wisconsin woman who admitted to killing her longtime alleged rapist and then setting his house ablaze was sentenced to spend over a decade in state prison on Monday morning.
Chrystul Kizer, 23, became an online cause célèbre after she was charged with murder in the first degree, arson, theft, and other charges related to the death of Randall Phillip Volar, III, 34, in 2018.
The legal process has been long and winding since news of her controversial case spread over the following months and years — as victims rights advocates rallied, spoke and raised funds on her behalf — but came to a conclusion of sorts this week. Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge David P. Wilk, in a courtroom intentionally devoid of video cameras, meted out a combined 16-year sentence of 11 years behind bars to be followed by five years of extended supervision.