Moody Eye View

Lawyers for Ariel Castro say he’ll plead not guilty to charges of kidnapping and raping three women while holding them captive for a decade in his west Cleveland home. “The initial portrayal by the media has been one of a ‘monster’ and that’s not the impression that I got when I talked to him for three hours,” Craig Weintraub, one of Castro’s lawyers, told Cleveland’s WKYC-TV late Tuesday. The 52-year-old is being held on an $8 million bond in Cuyahoga County Jail and is under a suicide watch. Castro’s attorneys say that how he came into contact with the women will be revealed “as the case progresses.” And they say they may seek a change of venue to get a fair trial.

To get a fair trial, Castro exploring options for a change in venue..

Tags: Ariel Castro, Mars

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