19-year-old Bowen Turner violated the terms of his house arrest while awaiting trial as many as 50 times in four months—but he only did it because he was feeling kinda down, his lawyer now claims.
privileged South Carolina teen who received an astonishingly light sentence of probation after he pleaded guilty to rape
, violated the terms of his house arrest while awaiting trial as many as 50 times in four months—but he only did it because he was feeling kinda down, his lawyer now claims. Bowen Turner, 19, was placed under strict home confinement by Judgewho specifically told him he could leave only to meet with his attorneys or for medical appointments, and that he was “
not to go shopping, go to any malls, any vacations, day vacations to the beach. It’s there and back. There will be no frolicking on those trips.”Turner’s lawyer, Republican State Sen. Brad Hutto, tried to explain away the transgressions in an email to McFaddin, claiming, “As part of the therapy for his depression, [Turner’s] doctor told his parents that he needed to get out of the house just a little bit.
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