05-09-2013, 11:17 AM
This morning's reports from CNN:
- Bail for Ariel Castro was set at $2 million per case, for a total of $8 million, at his arraignment Thursday morning in Cleveland Municipal Court. In the four cases -- one case for each of the women, and one for the 6-year-old girl -- he was arraigned on a total of four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. The state had asked for bail to be set at $5 million.
-- Castro made "premeditated, deliberate and depraved decisions to snatch three young ladies ... to be used in whatever self-gratifying, self-serving way he saw fit," assistant prosecutor Brian Murphy said Thursday morning during Castro's arraignment.
-- The case will be transferred to a Cuyahoga County court. The prosecutor's office for that county will handle the case, with a grand jury deciding on an indictment that could include additional counts, according to Victor Perez, chief assistant prosecutor for the city of Cleveland.
-- Knight still was at Cleveland's Metro Health Medical Center on Thursday morning, hospital spokeswoman Tina Shaerban-Arundel said. The spokeswoman has not said what Knight is being treated for, but did say that she "is in good condition." On Tuesday, the hospital said that it had released all three rescued women. Shaerban-Arundel said that the hospital stood by its Tuesday statement, but she did not elaborate.
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The hospital confirms that Michelle Knight was released, but also confirms that she's still there. I wonder if she simply hasn't anywhere to go or just isn't ready to leave. Good to hear that she's at least physically in good condition.
- Bail for Ariel Castro was set at $2 million per case, for a total of $8 million, at his arraignment Thursday morning in Cleveland Municipal Court. In the four cases -- one case for each of the women, and one for the 6-year-old girl -- he was arraigned on a total of four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape. The state had asked for bail to be set at $5 million.
-- Castro made "premeditated, deliberate and depraved decisions to snatch three young ladies ... to be used in whatever self-gratifying, self-serving way he saw fit," assistant prosecutor Brian Murphy said Thursday morning during Castro's arraignment.
-- The case will be transferred to a Cuyahoga County court. The prosecutor's office for that county will handle the case, with a grand jury deciding on an indictment that could include additional counts, according to Victor Perez, chief assistant prosecutor for the city of Cleveland.
-- Knight still was at Cleveland's Metro Health Medical Center on Thursday morning, hospital spokeswoman Tina Shaerban-Arundel said. The spokeswoman has not said what Knight is being treated for, but did say that she "is in good condition." On Tuesday, the hospital said that it had released all three rescued women. Shaerban-Arundel said that the hospital stood by its Tuesday statement, but she did not elaborate.
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The hospital confirms that Michelle Knight was released, but also confirms that she's still there. I wonder if she simply hasn't anywhere to go or just isn't ready to leave. Good to hear that she's at least physically in good condition.