Des Moines
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| Local time | Tuesday 00:38 |
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| Weather | 27°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 71% Humidity |
| ZIP codes | 50301-50340-50310 |
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| Location statistical region population | 212,031 |
| Zip code | 50301-50340-50310-50316 |
| Area code | 515 |
| Elev | 873 ft |
| Found | 1843 |
| Incorpor | September 22, 1851 |
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| ID | 890791 |
About Des Moines
Des Moines is the capital city of Iowa. The gold-domed Iowa State Capitol building is among the 19th- and early-20th-century landmarks of the East Village area. The Des Moines Art Center is noted for its contemporary collections and Pappajohn Sculpture Park. Local produce and live music are draws at the Downtown Farmers' Market. The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden has outdoor plant displays and a geodesic dome. ― Google
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Iowa teen who killed alleged rapist sentenced and fined
A US teenager who stabbed her alleged rapist to death has been sentenced by an Iowa court to five years' probation.
Pieper Lewis, 17, was also ordered to pay $150,000 (£130,350) to Zachary Brooks' family over his murder in 2020 in Des Moines . She was 15 at The Time .
Last Year , she pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and wilful injury. Both charges are punishable by up to 10 Years in jail.
She could be jailed for 20 years if she violates her probation terms.
Lewis was sentenced on Tuesday by Polk County District judge David M Porter.
Under the terms of her probation, The Judge ordered her to be placed in a residential facility, where she must wear a tracking device.
" The Next five years of your life will be full of rules you disagree with, I'm sure of it, " Mr Porter said. " This is the Second Chance that you've asked for. You don't get a third. "
While he alluded to the controversial nature of Lewis being forced to make payments to Mr Brooks' family, he noted that " this court is presented with No Other option" under Iowa law.
" My spirit has been burned, but still glows through The Flames . Hear me roar, See Me glow, and Watch Me grow, " Lewis read on Tuesday from a statement she had prepared, the Associated Press news agency reports.
" I Am a survivor, " she added.
In 2020, Lewis was sleeping in a hallway after fleeing an abusive home when A Man took her in and trafficked her to others for sex.
She told The Court one of them was Brooks, 37, and that he had raped her many times.
The teenager stabbed him More Than 30 times in June 2020 in a flat in Des Moines , the capital of the Iowa state in the Midwestern region, when she was aged just 15.
While Lewis accepted she had committed A Crime , she defended her actions.
" I took a person's life, " She Said . " My intentions That Day were not to just to go out and take somebody's life. In my mind I felt that I wasn't safe and I felt that I was in danger, which resulted in the acts. But it doesn't Take Away from the fact that A Crime was committed. "
Police and prosecutors have not disputed that Lewis was sexually assaulted and trafficked. But The Prosecution had argued that Brooks was asleep at The Time , and therefore not an immediate threat.
Dozens of US states have adopted so-called " safe-harbour" laws that offer victims of trafficking some level of immunity, but a bill passed by the Iowa House of Representatives has stalled in The State Senate after law enforcement groups raised concerns.
Source of news: bbc.com
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