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THIS WEDNESDAY it was learned that a young woman who was a victim of sexual abuse was sentenced to pay compensation for killing her abuser. In addition, she must serve 5 years of probation.
“Pieper Lewis, 17, stabbed her abuser, 37-year-old Zachary Brooks, more than 30 times in June 2020. She was initially charged with first-degree murder,” reviewed Fox News which broke the news.
It was also learned that last year, the young woman pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and intentional injury, which would represent 10 years in prison. However, Polk County District Judge David Porter deferred those prison sentences, “meaning Lewis could serve 20 years if she violates her probation.”
“Porter said he ordered Lewis to pay restitution to Brooks’ family because the court was “presented with no other option.” He explained that the restitution is mandatory under Iowa law,” Fox News described.
In addition, the media outlet detailed that “Lewis, who was 15 when she stabbed Brooks in a Des Moines apartment, had run away from home to escape her abusive adoptive mother. She was sleeping in the halls of an apartment building when Christopher Brown, 28, took her in and began trafficking her to other men for sex, according to officials.”
She added: “Among those men was Brooks, who Lewis said raped her multiple times before she killed him. She recalled being forced at knife point to go to his apartment for sex. After Brooks raped her for what would end up being the last time, Lewis grabbed a knife off a bedside table and stabbed him.”
Despite the court’s decision, authorities put no doubt that the young woman was a victim of the crimes she alleges. “But prosecutors allege that Brooks was not an immediate threat because he was asleep when he was stabbed.”
Williams Perdomo es periodista y escritor, especializado en las fuentes Política y Cultura.