Photos: Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years
August 1, 2013
Ariel Castro (C), 53, stands between attorneys Craig Weintraub (L) and Jaye Schlachet as his sentence is read to him by judge Michael J. Russo in the courtroom in Cleveland, Ohio August 1, 2013. An Ohio judge on Thursday sentenced Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro to life in prison for abducting, raping and holding captive three women for as long as 11 years, and murder for forcing one of the women to abort her pregnancy. Cuyahoga County Judge Michael Russo imposed the prison sentence after an emotional court hearing at which one of Castro's victims, Michelle Knight, 32, said the former school bus driver put her through a life of hell. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk ( USA-MISSING/OHIO )
Ariel Castro, center, listens in the courtroom during the sentencing phase Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Defense attorney's Craig Weintraub, left, and Jaye Schlachet sit beside Castro. Three months after an Ohio woman kicked out part of a door to end nearly a decade of captivity, Castro, a onetime school bus driver faces sentencing for kidnapping three women and subjecting them to years of sexual and physical abuse. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
Ariel Castro listens in the courtroom during the sentencing phase Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Three months after an Ohio woman kicked out part of a door to end nearly a decade of captivity, Castro, a onetime school bus driver faces sentencing for kidnapping three women and subjecting them to years of sexual and physical abuse. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
Ariel Castro (C), 53, sits as his attorneys Craig Weintraub (L) and Jaye Schlachet (R) review documents during Castro's sentencing on Kidnapping, rape and murder in Cleveland, Ohio August 1, 2013. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk ( USA-MISSING/OHIO )
Michelle Knight listens as Ariel Castro speaks during the sentencing phase Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Knight was the first woman abducted Castro in 2002 and made a victim's statement at the sentencing. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
Michelle Knight (2nd from left) reads statements while supported by her attorney (L) and friend as her accused assailant Ariel Castro (R) sits in the courtroom during Castros sentencing of kidnapping, rape and murder in Cleveland, Ohio August 1, 2013. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk ( USA-MISSING/OHIO )
A close-up of a model of the house on Seymour Ave. where Ariel Castro held three women is displayed in court Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, a onetime school bus driver faces sentencing for kidnapping three women and subjecting them to years of sexual and physical abuse. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
A model of the home of Ariel Castro is displayed in the court room during the sentencing of Castro on charges including rape, kidnapping and murder in Cleveland, Ohio August 1, 2013. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk ( USA-MISSING/OHIO )
Ariel Castro sits close to a model of the house on Seymour Ave. , where three women were held in the courtroom during the sentencing phase Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Three months after an Ohio woman kicked out part of a door to end nearly a decade of captivity, Castro, a onetime school bus driver faces sentencing for kidnapping three women and subjecting them to years of sexual and physical abuse. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
Judge Michael J. Russo looks on as the images of the three Cleveland kidnapped women (L-R) Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus are shown on a television screen during the sentencing of accused kidnapper Ariel Castro at a court hearing in Cleveland, Ohio August 1, 2013. Witnesses testified in graphic terms on Thursday how Castro abducted the three women and imprisoned them for a decade in his home, where he sometimes kept them in chains, isolated from each other and without regular meals. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk ( USA-MISSING/OHIO )
A photo showing an alarm system set up on the inside of the front door at the Seymour Ave. house is shown on a television monitor during the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, a onetime school bus driver faces sentencing for kidnapping three women and subjecting them to years of sexual and physical abuse. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
A letter written by Ariel Castro is shown on a television monitor during the sentencing phase for Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, convicted of holding three women captive in a house he turned into a prison and raping them repeatedly for a decade, was sentenced Thursday to life without parole plus 1,000 years.(AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
Chains found in a bedroom are shown during the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, convicted of holding three women captive in a house he turned into a prison and raping them repeatedly for a decade, was sentenced Thursday to life without parole plus 1,000 years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
A photo of the stairs leading to the upper floor bedrooms is shown on a television monitor during the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, convicted of holding three women captive in a house he turned into a prison and raping them repeatedly for a decade, was sentenced Thursday to life without parole plus 1,000 years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
A photo showing the basement where the women were chained to the pole at the Seymour Ave. house is shown on a television monitor during the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, convicted of holding three women captive in a house he turned into a prison and raping them repeatedly for a decade, was sentenced Thursday to life without parole plus 1,000 years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
A photo showing the bedroom where Amanda Berry and her daughter slept at the Seymour Ave. house are shown on a television monitor during the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, convicted of holding three women captive in a house he turned into a prison and raping them repeatedly for a decade, was sentenced Thursday to life without parole plus 1,000 years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
A bedroom at the Seymour Ave. house is shown on a television monitor during the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, convicted of holding three women captive in his Cleveland house over a decade and raping them repeatedly, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus 1,000 years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
Workbook pages rest on a wall in the bedroom of Amanda Berry and her daughter are shown on a television monitor during the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, convicted of holding three women captive in a house he turned into a prison and raping them repeatedly for a decade, was sentenced Thursday to life without parole plus 1,000 years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
A bedroom at the Seymour Ave. house is shown on a television monitor during the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, convicted of holding three women captive in his Cleveland house over a decade and raping them repeatedly was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
Chains found in an upstairs bedroom at the Seymour Ave. house are shown on a television monitor during the sentencing phase of Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Three months after an Ohio woman kicked out part of a door to end nearly a decade of captivity, Castro, a onetime school bus driver faces sentencing for kidnapping three women and subjecting them to years of sexual and physical abuse. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
Michele Knight, one of the three kidnapped women, pauses to wipe away tears as she reads her statements during the sentencing of her accused kidnapper Ariel Castro at a court hearing in Cleveland, Ohio August 1, 2013. Three women imprisoned for a decade in a Cleveland home spoke of their abuse in person, via video or through representatives on Thursday at a court hearing where their abductor is expected to be formally sentenced to life in prison. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk ( USA-MISSING/OHIO )
Ariel Castro adjusts his glasses during the sentencing phase Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
Ariel Castro, right, speaks during the sentencing phase as defense attorney Craig Weintraub watches Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( Missing Women Found )
Michelle Knight sits in the courtroom during a break in the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Knight one of the victims of Castro testified at the sentencing Thursday. The appearance by Knight is the first time sheĆs been seen publicly since her rescue from the house where she was held captive for ten years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ( APTOPIX Missing Women Found )
Ariel Castro (R), 53, listens to his attorney Craig Weintraub during Castro's sentencing on kidnapping, rape and murder in Cleveland, Ohio August 1, 2013. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk ( USA-MISSING/OHIO )
Ariel Castro (L) talks with his lawyer during a break in his trial on August 1, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. Castro was sentenced to life without parole plus one thousand years for abducting three women between 2002 and 2004 when they were between 14 and 21 years old. The women escaped this past May. (Photo by Angelo Merendino/Getty Images) ( 175272955 )
Ariel Castro (L) talks with his lawyer during a break in his trial on August 1, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. Castro was sentenced to life without parole plus one thousand years for abducting three women between 2002 and 2004 when they were between 14 and 21 years old. The women escaped this past May. (Photo by Angelo Merendino/Getty Images) ( 175272956 )
Ariel Castro, 53, sits in the courtroom during his sentencing for kidnapping, rape and murder in Cleveland, Ohio August 1, 2013. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk ( USA-MISSING/OHIO )
Ariel Castro (C), 53, sits as his attorney Craig Weintraub (L) talks to the judge along side attorney Jaye Schlachet (R) in the courtroom in Cleveland, Ohio August 1, 2013. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk ( USA-MISSING/OHIO )
Ariel Castro attorney Craig Weintraub holds an emergency room photo of Michele Knight that was taken on the day of her escape during Castro's sentencing on kidnapping, rape and murder in Cleveland, Ohio August 1, 2013. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk ( USA-MISSING/OHIO )
Michelle Knight (L) sits with her attorney during the sentencing of Ariel Castro on August 1, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. Castro was sentenced to life without parole plus one thousand years for abducting three women, including Knight, from 2002 and 2004 when they were between 14 and 21 years old. The women escaped this past May. (Photo by Angelo Merendino/Getty Images) ( 175273010 )
Michele Knight, one of the three kidnapped women, reads her statements during the sentencing of her accused kidnapper Ariel Castro at a court hearing in Cleveland, Ohio August 1, 2013. Three women imprisoned for a decade in a Cleveland home spoke of their abuse in person, via video or through representatives on Thursday at a court hearing where their abductor is expected to be formally sentenced to life in prison. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk ( USA-MISSING/OHIO )
Michele Knight, one of the three kidnapped women, smiles as she appears in court for the sentencing of accused kidnapper Ariel Castro in Cleveland, Ohio August 1, 2013. Witnesses testified in graphic terms on Thursday how Castro abducted three women and imprisoned them for a decade in his home, where he sometimes kept them in chains, isolated from each other and without regular meals. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk ( USA-MISSING/OHIO )
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