A teenage human trafficking victim who stabbed her accused rapist to death was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay $150,000 restitution to the man's family.
By MARGERY A. BECK, Associated Press A teenage human trafficking victim who was initially charged with first-degree murder after she stabbed her accused rapist to death was sentenced Tuesday in an Iowa court to five years of closely supervised probation and ordered to pay $150,000 restitution to the man's family.
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Lewis, who earned her GED while being held in juvenile detention, acknowledged in a statement prior to her sentencing that she struggled with the structure of her detention, including"why I was treated like fragile glass" or wasn't allowed to communicate with her friends or family. "The next five years of your life will be full of rules you disagree with, I'm sure of it," Porter said. He later added,"This is the second chance that you've asked for. You don't get a third."
Prosecutors argued Tuesday that Lewis waived that affirmative defense when she pleaded guilty to manslaughter and willful injury. Govt-and-politics AP Close New Hampshire Senate primary tests direction of GOP The Republican contest for Senate in New Hampshire remains a tight race between conservative Donald Bolduc and the more moderate Chuck Morse as the final primary night of the midterm season again tests the far right’s influence over the GOP. Republicans see Democratic incumbent Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire as beatable in the general election.
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