Should Ariel Castro Be Prosecuted for Fetal Homicide?
Should Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro get the death penalty? That option is now on the table, as the lead prosecutor in the case says he will bring aggravated murder charges for the miscarriages Castro allegedly forced on Michelle Knight, one of the three women rescued from Castro’s home this week after a decade of imprisonment. Castro is also being charged with rape and kidnapping for the abduction of Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus. One of the many sickening details of their captivity is the women’s report that Knight got pregnant five times, and that Castro starved her for weeks and beat her so she would miscarry.
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May Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild Rot in Jail
Joe Francis is headed to prison for the second time. May he rot there. The founder of Girls Gone Wild was convicted Monday on misdemeanor charges of assault and false imprisonment. The allegations: In 2011, Francis met three women who went out after college graduation, took them home with him, and then tried to separate one from the other two, in the process grabbing her by the hair and throat and slamming her head to the floor. Charming. Also entirely of a piece with Francis’ long history of bad boy misdeeds. This is a guy who has literally made it his business to use and humiliate women. If we had our own Most Wanted List, he’d be on it. (Though the Nos. 1, 2, and 3 spots today go to Ariel, Pedro, and Onil Castro, the brothers charged in the abduction and imprisonment of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight in Cleveland.)
May Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild Rot in Jail
Joe Francis is headed to prison for the second time. May he rot there. The founder of Girls Gone Wild was convicted Monday on misdemeanor charges of assault and false imprisonment. The allegations: In 2011, Francis met three women who went out after college graduation, took them home with him, and then tried to separate one from the other two, in the process grabbing her by the hair and throat and slamming her head to the floor. Charming. Also entirely of a piece with Francis’ long history of bad boy misdeeds. This is a guy who has literally made it his business to use and humiliate women. If we had our own Most Wanted List, he’d be on it. (Though the Nos. 1, 2, and 3 spots today go to Ariel, Pedro, and Onil Castro, the brothers charged in the abduction and imprisonment of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight in Cleveland.)
Being Amanda Berry
The Internet is having a love affair with Charles Ramsey, the man who helped Amanda Berry break down the door of the Cleveland house where she said she was being held captive, along with two other women. All three went missing a decade ago; Berry was 16, Gina DeJesus was 14, and Michelle Knight was 20. It’s entirely understandable to focus on Ramsey in the giddy moment of breaking news. He is forthright and funny in describing what happened. (“I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man’s arms.”)
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