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Pieper Lewis gives her allocution during a sentencing hearing on Sept. 13, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. Lewis, an 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who killed her rapist, was being held in an Iowa jail Wednesday, Nov. 9, and could face a prison term after she walked away last week from a Des Moines women’s shelter where she was serving probation for a manslaughter conviction. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP, File)

Iowa teen who killed rapist being held in jail after escape

By David Pitt - Associated Press

Pieper Lewis, right, speaks with attorney Magdalena Reese during a sentencing hearing Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. Donations are pouring in to help Lewis, a 17-year-old sex trafficking victim who was ordered by the court to pay $150,000 to the family of a man she stabbed to death after he raped her. A GoFundMe campaign set up for Pieper Lewis has already raised more than $200,000 just one day after the restitution order was handed down by an Iowa judge. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP, File)

Human trafficking victim avoids prison for killing accused rapist, but must pay $150K

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times