Teen Rapist Violated Bond 50 Times Because He Was Depressed, Says Lawyer

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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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Hey! Leave him alone. He was depressed and sad and lonely. Clearly those are reasons enough to rape women, play golf, and not go to jail. How do you not understand this? We've all been there.

White

most punchable face I've seen in some time.

He was just mad because his head is bent to the right

No parole; lock him up so he gets an appreciation for “down”

MandyMatney He could go sit in his back yard. Do some yard work, mow, lose some weight. Think about the girls he raped ?

MandyMatney Has a new victim come forward yet from his Mother’s Day adventure in the woods?

19. He’s an adult. Throw him in gen pop.

MandyMatney

Boohoo , we supposed to be sorry for the white kid ? 🙄🙄

tonyserrata Sounds about white to me….

'Republican state senator representing him' But of course.

Really?🤬🤦🙄

Funny how things go...

Going out on a limb here, but fairly sure that had he been any other ethnicity, he wouldn't have survived his first breach.

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