Teen Trafficking Victim Ordered To Pay $150,000 To Pimps Estate

A teenage human trafficking victim who stabbed her accused rapist to death was ordered to pay $150,000 restitution to the man’s family after being initially charged with first-degree murder and closely supervised probation. In the June 2020 killing of 37-year-old Zachary Brooks of Des Moines, Pieper Lewis, 17, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury, both charges punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment. On Tuesday, Polk County District Judge David M. Porter deferred …

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