Pieper Lewis avoids prison despite probation violation after killing alleged rapist.
Pieper Lewis, a sex trafficking victim who killed her alleged rapist when she was 15, has avoided prison after violating probation. District Judge David M. Porter ordered her back on probation, stating that she wouldn't get another chance. Lewis' story has gained national attention, with some arguing that she shouldn't have been convicted of killing the man she said raped her repeatedly. She was previously sentenced to probation in September 2022 for killing Zachary Brooks of Des Moines. A GoFundMe for Lewis raised more than $550,000 before it was closed.