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November 7, 2022

Iowa Teen Who Killed Rapist Escapes Probation Center
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Here in the U.S., Iowa authorities are looking for 18-year-old Pieper
Lewis, a sex trafficking survivor who escaped from the correctional
center where she was serving her probation sentence. Lewis was 15 when
she killed her rapist, and later pleaded guilty to manslaughter. A judge
sentenced her to five years probation, but the teenager could now face
two decades behind bars for violating the terms of her sentence. Lewis
was also ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution to her rapist's family;
a crowdfunding campaign raised over half a million dollars.


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