going on in that home. and as castro was led away, michelle walked out of the courtroom finally free to start the rest of her life. and the number to keep in mind beyond the sentence that castro got, life plus 1,000 years, is another staggering number, 13,226, the number of days that those three women were held going back to the first girl that was taken, michelle knight. wolf? she was really amazing, that michelle knight and this courage, the strength of her statement. the other two, amanda berry and gina de jesus, they do not want to appear. did they offer an explanation? no, the attorney said that simply at this time in their life they weren t ready. they felt this was the best way to go forward and quite frankly, michelle, especially in the words of the judge, he said that
verdict, there may be more avenues of appeal. why the government chose not to ask for the death penalty, one of the compelling reasons may have been cost. whatever symbimiymbolic nature, opinion about the death penalty that, could be one reason. and do you want to put these victims through more than they ve already been through? that s a fair point. gail, what makes somebody become a monster like this aial castro become a monster in. i think it s the psychopathy. what causes somebody? we think that it s a combination probably of biology. there do seem to be brain differences in people who are really socio paths.
and that s a very difficult period. she may need to sort of dip back into therapy and get some help with or that child may need some help in understanding that even though biologically they re related, you know, they can fall very far from that tree, on a completely different universe from that tree, but that can be scary. i was happy the judge, michael russo, said that castro could have no contact with the three women and no contact with this little girl either, even though castro professed his love for his daughter. when we come back, ariel castro in his own words. he s upset, get this, because people are calling him a monster. and the nsa leaker edward snowden in moscow goes free. [ male announcer ] these days, a small business can save by sharing.
power less and in twor. they had those words pulled out from that fot. we really learned a lot today, wolf, not only about the horrific conditions these women had to endure but also just the amount of energy that ariel castro expended trying to keep these women hidden inside his home for a decade. when you see those chains that he had, those long chains that he locked up these women and it s just heart breaking to imagine what was going on. pamela brown, we ll be back later. pam will be with us. let get more now on how castro s victims endured year after year of these kind of conditions. let s bring in psychiatrist dr. gail salts. at pun pictures, what harm didedoes this crazy guy thinks
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