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Iowa teen who killed her accused rapist sentenced; fundraiser raises full restitution
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:18 pm
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A teenage human trafficking victim initially charged with first-degree murder after stabbing her accused rapist to death was sentenced Tuesday in an Iowa court to five years of closely supervised probation and ordered to pay $150,000 restitution to the man's family.
A GoFundMe page set up for the teen has raised more than the full amount of restitution she owes.
Pieper Lewis, 17, was sentenced Tuesday after she pleaded last year to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury in the June 2020 killing of 37-year-old Zachary Brooks of Des Moines. Both charges were punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Polk County District Judge David M. Porter on Tuesday deferred those prison sentences, meaning that if Lewis violates any portion of her probation, she could be sent to prison to serve that 20-year term.
As for being required to pay the estate of her rapist, "This court is presented with no other option," Porter said, noting the restitution is mandatory under Iowa law that has been upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court.
As of Wednesday morning, the GoFundMe set up to help Lewis pay the restitution she owes to Brooks' family had raised over $168,000. The highest single donation came in the amount of $5,000 from an anonymous donor.
Lewis was 15 when she stabbed Brooks more than 30 times in a Des Moines apartment. Officials have said Lewis was a runaway who was seeking to escape an abusive life with her adopted mother and was sleeping in the hallways of a Des Moines apartment building when a 28-year-old man took her in before forcibly trafficking her to other men for sex.
Lewis said one of those men was Brooks and that he had raped her multiple times in the weeks before his death. She recounted being forced at knifepoint by the 28-year-old man to go with Brooks to his apartment for sex. She told officials that after Brooks had raped her yet again, she grabbed a knife from a bedside table and stabbed Brooks in a fit of rage.
Police and prosecutors have not disputed that Lewis was sexually assaulted and trafficked. But prosecutors have argued that Brooks was asleep at the time he was stabbed and not an immediate danger to Lewis.
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Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:20 pm to John88
frick that guy and his family.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:21 pm to John88
And what is his family paying the teen victim that was raped repeatedly and held hostage?
bravo young lady, bravo.
bravo young lady, bravo.
This post was edited on 9/14/22 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:21 pm to John88
I get helping the victim pay restitution, but I couldn't stomach my money going to that family.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:24 pm to SlimTigerSlap
Convict him posthumously and make his estate pay the money back
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:24 pm to John88
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She told officials that after Brooks had raped her yet again, she grabbed a knife from a bedside table and stabbed Brooks in a fit of rage.
I would be really interested in knowing how the legal details played out here.
From my perspective, seems like she saw an opportunity to defend herself before he could do anything else to her. How the F did she end up getting prosecuted for murder in this situation?
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:24 pm to John88
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But prosecutors have argued that Brooks was asleep at the time he was stabbed and not an immediate danger to Lewis.
These motherfrickers here
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:27 pm to John88
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Pieper Lewis, 17, was sentenced Tuesday after she pleaded last year to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury in the June 2020 killing of 37-year-old Zachary Brooks of Des Moines
This really pisses me off. DA offices feel they have to do "something" so they basically force defendants to plead guilty to a crime despite obviously fearing for their life, and helping society out.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:29 pm to John88
So the expectation is when someone is holding you. The only option you have is to escape?
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:30 pm to John88
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But prosecutors have argued that Brooks was asleep at the time he was stabbed and not an immediate danger to Lewis.
The crux of the problem with prosecutors these days.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:31 pm to John88
If that Family doesn't give that money back to the victim, frick them.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:31 pm to John88
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Prosecutors took issue with Lewis calling herself a victim in the case and said she failed to take responsibility for stabbing Brooks and "leaving his kids without a father."
I mean what the frick is going on?
This is one of the times you don’t prosecute. Instead actual bad people get away with murder.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:32 pm to UGATiger26
She had a shitty public defender and took a plea deal. She should have gone to trial. No jury in the world would have convicted her.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:34 pm to ScopeCreep
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She had a shitty public defender and took a plea deal. She should have gone to trial. No jury in the world would have convicted her.
I'd assume she was told that prison was off the table if she took the deal. Hard to blame her for not wanting to risk going to trial. Easy to Monday Morning QB that one, but it would look totally different if you were the one who had to make that decision.
This post was edited on 9/14/22 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:34 pm to ScopeCreep
what he said above
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:35 pm to John88
Now sue his estate for what he did.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:36 pm to ScopeCreep
How can that piece of shits family feel decent accepting that money?
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:37 pm to ScopeCreep
quote:agreed but you know they scared her to death by talking about decades in jail.
She should have gone to trial. No jury in the world would have convicted her.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 1:45 pm to terriblegreen
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If that Family doesn't give that money back to the victim, frick them.
I think you know the answer from the spawn they raised.
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