Lawyers

• Cleveland Man Elias Acevedo Sr. Gets Life Sentence For Decades Old Murders of 2 Women (Video)

  49-year-old Elias Acevedo Sr. pleaded guilty on Monday to 297 counts, including aggravated murder, rape and kidnapping, and will serve a life imprisonment sentence for the killings of two women in the 1990s, CNN reported. The cases "were re-investigated after the discovery of three women held captive nearby for years by Ariel Castro,"

• Ariel Castro: Cleveland Kidnapper Who Had Been Sentenced to Life in Prison + 1,000 Years Commits Suicide in Prison (Video)

  Ariel Castro, who had been sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years for kidnapping and raping three women and murder, committed suicide in his prison cell on Tuesday evening.

• Ariel Castro Sentencing Hearing: Victims and Their Families Share Details of a 'Violent Sexual Predator' (Video)

  During Cleveland kidnapper's Ariel Castro's sentencing hearing on Thursday, Judge Michael Russo said that the defendant fits the very definition of a "violent sexual predator."

• Ariel Castro's Son Speaks Out: Says Father Who Recently Pleaded Guilty to 937 Charges 'Belongs Behind Bars' (Video)

  Anthony Castro, the son of the Cleveland man Ariel, who admitted to kidnapping, raping and enslaving three young women for about a decade said that his father should serve a life sentence. On NBC's "Today" show on Monday, Anthony Castro added that he will not visit his fathe while serving time in prison.

• Castro Plea Deal: Cleveland Kidnapper Agrees to Life Without Parole Plus 1,000 Years (Video)

  Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of imprisoning and torturing three women for a decade, agreed Friday to plead guilty and serve a life sentence without parole, plus 1,000 years.

• Ohio Kidnap Victims Speak Out: Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus & Michelle Knight Release 30 Second YouTube Video Thanking Supporters (Video)

  Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, the three women who Cleveland police said were held captive in a home for almost a decade have issued a YouTube video in which they thanked the public for the encouragement and financial support that are allowing them to restart their lives.

• Castro Pleads Not Guilty to 329 Criminal Counts including Kidnapping and Rape (Video)

  Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of abducting three women and torturing them during a decade of captivity, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 329 criminal counts, including kidnapping and rape.

• Ariel Castro: Cleveland Kidnapper to Plead Not Guilty

  Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of kidnapping and imprisoning three women for about a decade in his house in Ohio will plead not guilty to all charges

• DNA Test Castro Girl: Abductor is Father to Kidnapped Amanda Berry's Daughter (Video)

  Preliminary DNA tests have confirmed that Ariel Castro, a kidnap and rape suspect in Ohio is the father of a six-year-old girl rescued from his home along with her mother and two other women. Attorney General Mike DeWine's office confirmed Ariel Castro's paternity in a news release on Friday.

• Cleveland Suicide Note: Ariel Castro Manifesto Found Includes Confession about Kidnapping (Video)

  Ariel Castro, the abductor of three Cleveland women and held them in a dungeon in his basement for 10 years, wrote a suicide note in which he confessed to his crimes, but also blamed the victims for getting into his car. In the note found by investigators, he also claimed that he been abused as a child and raped by an uncle