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Ariel Castro, this week's most despised person in America, is pleading NOT GUILTY to kidnapping. NOT GUILTY.  I appreciate that in our system of justice, a presumption of innocence exists.  I also appreciate that a lawyer is obligated to represent the interests of his client.  But, REALLY?!?  Amanda Berry crawled out of Castro's house, screaming for help, ten years after she disappeared.  The police later stormed that same house to rescue TWO OTHER WOMEN who were ROPED and CHAINED in the cellar. The lawyer is admonishing the press for vilifying his client before the WHOLE STORY is known. What story is that?  That a polygamist Svengali had three sister wives who were WAY into S&M role play?  That a 14-year old girl with developmental issues was a willing participant in a relationship with a man decades older?  This plea is a DESPICABLE tactic to cast doubt on the rape charges, and indeed, the whole case.  If the women weren't kidnapped,...