06-12-2013, 07:50 PM
(06-09-2013, 06:12 AM)Cynical Ninja Wrote:(06-09-2013, 05:26 AM)Duchess Wrote:
In general, people always plead not guilty.
Even when they face a solid decades worth of evidence and testimony?
He should save taxpayers some money and plead guilty.
Castro was in court today and pleaded not guilty. He isn't disputing most of the charges, according to his attorney. They're trying to reach a plea to take the death penalty off the table because the murder charges (associated with the alleged killing of fetuses) haven't been substantiated by medical experts. According to his attorney, Weintraub, he and his client want to avoid a trial and he faces hundreds of years in jail anyway.
Snip:
Defense attorney Craig Weintraub, speaking to reporters after the arraignment, said some charges in the indictment "cannot be disputed." But the plea -- targeting the murder accusations and the specter of a death penalty -- signals an effort to forge a "resolution" and avoid a trial, he said.
The prosecutor released a statement saying a capital review committee will consider whether the case is appropriate for seeking the death penalty once the indictment process is complete.
"In all likelihood, the prosecutor's decision will be predicated upon the opinions of medical and forensic experts, and more importantly, whether the women in this case want this case to go to trial for those limited issues," Weintraub said.
In addition to the two murder counts, the indictment charges Castro with 139 counts of rape, 177 counts of kidnapping, seven counts of gross sexual imposition, three counts of felonious assault and one count of possession of criminal tools, prosecutors said.
Full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/12/us/ohio-ca...?hpt=hp_c2
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