An Iowa teen who says she stabbed and killed a man who trafficked and raped her received a deferred judgment on Tuesday.
POLK COUNTY, Iowa - An Iowa teen who says she stabbed and killed a man who trafficked and raped her received a deferred judgment.
reports that 17-year-old Pieper Lewis received a deferred judgment with probation for five years on Tuesday.Lewis said she became a victim of human trafficking after getting kicked out of her home. She said Brooks raped her several times leading up to her stabbing him. A judge was supposed to sentence the 17-year-old last week but delayed it after the teen’s lawyers brought forward several witnesses. They testified she was not a threat to the community and shouldn’t go to prison.
Officials said Lewis was facing up to 20 years in prison after agreeing to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury.
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