Iowa teen who killed rapist escapes from probation center
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Iowa authorities say an 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who pleaded guilty to killing a man she said raped her escaped from a women's center where she was serving her probation sentence. Pieper Lewis was seen walking out of the building at the Fresh Start Women's Center in Des Moines shortly after 6:15 a.m. Friday, and at some point that day her GPS monitor was cut off, according to a probation violation report. A warrant was issued for Lewis' arrest and the probation report asked for her deferred judgment to be revoked and have her original sentence imposed, KCCI reported.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities say an 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who pleaded guilty to killing a man she said raped her escaped from a women's center where she was serving her probation sentence.

Pieper Lewis was seen walking out of the building at the Fresh Start Women's Center in Des Moines shortly after 6:15 a.m. Friday, and at some point that day her GPS monitor was cut off, according to a probation violation report.

A warrant was issued for Lewis' arrest and the probation report asked for her deferred judgment to be revoked and have her original sentence imposed, KCCI reported. She could face up to 20 years in prison.

Prosecutors had called the probation sentence she was given in September merciful for a teen who endured horrible abuse, although some questioned the $150,000 restitution she was ordered to pay. A GoFundMe campaign raised over $560,000 to cover the restitution and pay for her other needs.

Polk County Judge David Porter told Lewis that her probation sentence “was the second chance you asked for. You don’t get a third," the Des Moines Register reported.

If Lewis had successfully completed five years of closely supervised probation her prison sentence would have been expunged.

    • SerLava [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      SURELY IF HE DIDNT CATCH HER IMMEDIATELY HE WOULD HAVE SIMPLY GIVEN UP AND LEFT HER ALONE

                • Awoo [she/her]
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                  2 years ago

                  Why are you so obsessed with the exact moment of their death? These are people that do not play fair to begin with.

                  Would you have similar moral quandaries about us fighting the fascists? Should we not end them in their beds? Do we have to do it solely in self defense? Is not killing a fascist ALWAYS an act of self defense? Why is killing a fascist an act of self defense but not killing the literal kidnapper and rapist who made your life hell who would absolutely do it to you if he got the chance? Why do you assume someone is safe if they just run away from their kidnapper and that they're not terrified of being hunted down afterwards?? Do you expect the police to protect them? (lmao)

                  Another poster mentioned that this is law-brained shit and I have to agree with them. You are laser focused on whether the exact moment of death was self defense or not instead of whether the killing was morally just or not, while ignoring the fact that it can be self defense in a larger picture than that exact moment in time anyway.

        • Mardoniush [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Yes, that would be ideal. Unfortunately we're not dealing with an adult that can switch of their emotions and calmly reason their way out of the situation with their high ideals intact.

          We're dealing with a child suffering the after effects of rape who acted from terror and anger. She didn't know if he'd wake up or chase her down the street or knew where she lived.

          She was homeless so she'd not be a huge fan of the cops who aren't exactly non-rapey. What was she supposed to do? Walk out calmly and ask the local anarchist co-op to help?

    • Goadstool
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      3 months ago

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