In
handing down a sentence of life in prison plus 1,000 years to Ariel Castro, an Ohio judge told the kidnapper on Thursday that there was
no place in the world for his brand of criminal.
Castro
pleaded guilty to 937
counts,
including murder and kidnapping, in connection with the kidnapping
and abuse of Michelle Knight, Georgina DeJesus and Amanda Berry, whom
he held captive for a decade in his Cleveland home. As part of the
plea deal, the death penalty was taken off the table.
"You
don't deserve to be out in our community," Cuyahoga County JudgeMichael Russo said after an hours-long hearing in which Castro, at
times, appeared to defend his actions. "You're too dangerous."
In
his oft-disjointed statement to the court, Castro referred to himself
as "very emotional" and "a happy person inside."
Despite
his repeated insistence that he wasn't making excuses for his
conduct, Castro played the victim, saying he was addicted to porn and
masturbation.
The
judge appeared to be unmoved by Castro's words and matter-of-factly
handed down a severe sentence that will likely make Castro a prisoner
for the rest of his days.
"Excuses
don't take away the harm that's involved," Russo said. "You
have extreme narcissism and it seems rather pervasive."
Russo
handed down the stiffest sentence allowed as part of the deal after
investigators, psychologists and one of the victims painted a
horrifying picture of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of
Castro, including brutal beatings and repeated rapes that resulted in
pregnancies that he would terminate by punching the women in the
stomach.
All
three women kept diaries, with Castro's permission, that provided
many of the details of their abuse.
Source:
cnn
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