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re: Iowa teen who killed her accused rapist sentenced; fundraiser raises full restitution
Posted on 9/14/22 at 3:25 pm to John88
Posted on 9/14/22 at 3:25 pm to John88
Brooks' life wasn't worth 1/150th of a cent if he trafficked a fricking child. California or New York maybe, but Iowa? What the hell is in that GMO corn?
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Posted on 9/14/22 at 3:25 pm to LSUGrrrl
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I don’t know about the judge but one of her rapists - the one she managed to kill - was black.
Thanks. I could not find myself a picture.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 3:28 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.
This is fricking stupid. Should she have woken him up and challenged him to a knife fight?
Posted on 9/14/22 at 3:36 pm to John88
What a broken world we live in.
I swear I'm missing something and I read the entire article twice. There is no way shite like this can be true. If I was that lady or a family member of hers I would make it my life mission to try and remove that Judge and DA from their positions.
I swear I'm missing something and I read the entire article twice. There is no way shite like this can be true. If I was that lady or a family member of hers I would make it my life mission to try and remove that Judge and DA from their positions.
This post was edited on 9/14/22 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 9/14/22 at 3:38 pm to John88
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accused rapist
since she is a pretty good eye witness, he's not just "accused" in her eyes.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 3:39 pm to QJenk
Was this case brought before a Grand Jury? The DA should have easily gotten this dropped if that article is accurate.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 3:41 pm to LSUtoOmaha
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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.
They have Grand Juries at their disposal for these exact kind of stories. I can't find whether they used one or not.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 7:58 pm to DarthRebel
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If the Iowa Governor had balls (which the governor does not), this would get a big pardon.
This is the correct answer.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 8:20 pm to Bestbank Tiger
Just when I’ve lost faith in the police, now I’m losing faith in judges and prosecutors.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 8:21 pm to John88
Unfortunately she will be back in jail on parole violation cause we, THE SYSTEM, failed her
Posted on 9/14/22 at 9:14 pm to BuckyCheese
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If this is her second chance I'd guess she was far from an angel before this incident. May have something to do with why the DA brought charges. Being a juvenile her past record will likely not be revealed.
Apparently she had run away at 15 from an abusive situation with an “adopted” mother…possibly actually foster instead of adopted.
I get the argument that thugs will be thugs, the overwhelming majority can’t be rehabilitated.
But this kid never had a chance. She had already left an abusive situation, and was sexually trafficked and held against her will at 15.
How would any of you, or your daughters fare under this situation?
The Justice system is treating her like she’s a piece of gum they scraped off their heel, same way she’d been treated her entire short life…like a disposable piece of trash.
This is the same as sending the female CI into a drug deal unmonitored, then not only not giving a damn when she’s violently raped, but afterwards continue on with the previous charges…then offering the arrested rapist a reduced sentence.
Seems lots of people have lost their humanity.
Posted on 11/6/22 at 12:57 pm to John88
Update:
She’s free. Unfortunately, she freed herself. She walked out of a residential facility on Friday morning, and then cut off her ankle monitor.
She could end up serving her full prison sentence.
She’s free. Unfortunately, she freed herself. She walked out of a residential facility on Friday morning, and then cut off her ankle monitor.
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Polk County District Judge David M. Porter 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.
She could end up serving her full prison sentence.
Posted on 11/6/22 at 1:05 pm to SlimTigerSlap
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get helping the victim pay restitution, but I couldn't stomach my money going to that family.
If the rest of the family isn't complete trash like the rapist, they would immediately gift the money back to the real victim. The law is stupid, but it exists, so if I had a shitty child that did something like that, I couldn't live with myself taking a penny of that money. I am not sure I could live with myself having created and raised such a horrible human to begin with, but some people are just naturally evil and gis raising may not have had anything to do with the him being a rapist. Hard to believe that though.
Posted on 11/6/22 at 1:12 pm to rb
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I’d pay em $50 week until it was settled.
I was thinking $1.00/year.
Posted on 11/6/22 at 1:12 pm to John88
what kind of bullshite do they have on the books in iowa? how is she even being charged with anything? how is she not an innocent victim who is owed money by the perpetrators family?
Posted on 11/6/22 at 1:14 pm to LSUFanHouston
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The judge peppered Lewis with repeated requests to explain what poor choices she made that led up to Brooks' stabbing and expressed concern that she sometimes did not want to follow rules set for her in juvenile lockup.
"The next five years of your life will be full of rules you disagree with, I'm sure of it," Porter said. He later added, "This is the second chance that you've asked for. You don't get a third."
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Posted on 11/6/22 at 1:29 pm to John88
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Lewis was 15 when she stabbed Brooks
Why didn’t the state just drop the case? She was a child. And she was raped by the dude. Nobody would have questioned it. Hopefully she gets pardoned.
Posted on 11/6/22 at 1:40 pm to John88
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family had raised over $168,000
Completely pathetic and sending the wrong message here. Pay the parents back in penny rolls for as long as you can hold out.
Posted on 11/6/22 at 1:57 pm to UGATiger26
quote:No shite. What kind of fricked up DA brings charges against a rape victim for killing her attacker?
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 11/6/22 at 2:22 pm to dgnx6
How does a jury vote to convict???
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