If you rape a child, are you really a person though?
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No, they didn't. She made a plea deal to voluntary manslaughter and willful injury. Each of those crimes is up to 10 years in prison, but prosecutors did not recommend that harsh of a sentence.
Iowa teen who said she killed the man who raped her receives sentence
Tuesday afternoon, a Polk County judge sentenced Lewis to 5 years probation and a deferred judgment.
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Wow big on the prosecutors for being so lenient.No, they didn't. She made a plea deal to voluntary manslaughter and willful injury. Each of those crimes is up to 10 years in prison, but prosecutors did not recommend that harsh of a sentence.
Iowa teen who said she killed the man who raped her receives sentence
Tuesday afternoon, a Polk County judge sentenced Lewis to 5 years probation and a deferred judgment.
My only regret is that I have but one dumb to give.
If someone shoots an intruder or robber in their home should they get the same treatment?
I realize that at this point in the prosecution; however: 1, the prosecutors made the decision to charge her in the first place, they didn't have to! 2, they could have offered her a plea that didn't include voluntary manslaughter, and thus the restitution requirement. 3, they never charged the man involved with trafficking her; in 2018 the Polk County Attorney's office only brought a grand total of 50(!) sexual assault cases, in a county of half a million people. Also, I want to note that the Polk County Prosecutor's office also made the argument to try her as an adult, rather than a juvenile.No, they didn't. She made a plea deal to voluntary manslaughter and willful injury. Each of those crimes is up to 10 years in prison, but prosecutors did not recommend that harsh of a sentence.
Iowa teen who said she killed the man who raped her receives sentence
Tuesday afternoon, a Polk County judge sentenced Lewis to 5 years probation and a deferred judgment.
It seems to me the decision to try her as an adult was the most important one, and the worst one. Everything after that was a consequence of that horrible decision
Could they charge him posthumously to get the money back from the estate?
The family deserves nothing.
From a 2021 DMR article:
But in arguing to try her as an adult, Assistant Polk County Attorney Erik Howe seemed to minimize those circumstances, writing, "The child's counsel has made much of the fact that Mr. Brooks seems likely to have committed a crime of his own prior to his death: statutory rape of a minor. While the undersigned certainly doesn't wish to condone or excuse that conduct, it really isn't germane to the discussion of whether waiver is appropriate. While it could potentially serve as a mitigating factor, the Court has no evidence before it to suggest it was a factor in Mr. Brooks' death whatsoever. At best, child's counsel's argument amounts to 'he was a bad guy so he deserved it.'"
That's an astonishing line of reasoning concerning a 15-year-old who has been repeatedly trafficked and raped, sometimes while unconscious after being plied with substances.
Elsewhere, Howe noted that testimony by a Des Moines police detective and other evidence suggested Lewis was living "mostly as an adult. She voluntarily absented herself from not only her parents' home but their attempts to provide rehabilitative services to her," he said, without which, "what hope could any services juvenile court might provide have?" Did he know nothing about her home life?"
The guy she killed was a john, not the one who was trafficking her. He's still alive and hasn't been charged
He had a snarky comment about how she’s gotten a 2nd chance but she wouldn’t get a 3rd. That seemed uncalled for. She wasn’t unpunished for this. She’s on probation for years.
I don't think that criminal charges could do that. She could maybe attempt to bring a civil case against that man's family and the man that trafficked her, but who knows the likelihood of her recovering damages.
I believe the POS was sleeping so that’s not an exact apple to apples comparison.
And that is why her lawyers didn’t want this to go to a jury trial.
The justice system is ******* ********. Look at our former president ffs. Worst part is the judges and lawyers are so ******* sanctimonious.
Here is a thought. Petition our Gov. Kim Reynolds to have her pardon this young woman.
Oh wait. There might be one little issue to that pardoning thing.....
Oh wait. There might be one little issue to that pardoning thing.....
