And it is with that credo, Deputy District Attorney Sharon Carney said, that Turner engaged in an illegal business of kidnapping teenage prostitutes off the streets of Oakland and taking them to Stockton, where he forced them to work as his prostitutes.
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They said they were working as prostitutes when Turner drove up pretending to be a customer. After they got into the car, they said, he told them they were now his property and he drove them to Stockton.
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If they didn’t have the money, Carney said, Turner said he would force the girls to work as prostitutes for him.
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Turner’s defense attorney, Spencer Strellis, admitted his client “might not be someone you want to take home for dinner” but urged the jury to look beyond his client’s appearance and focus on the facts of the case. Those facts, Strellis said, are based on the testimony of two “ladies” who admitted engaging in prostitution.
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