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Really, i think, the whole back story, right, of this entire decade in captivity. but how would one approach this, talking about the ten years, or simply moving on? >> no. thats not a good sign. i mean, she really does need to be talking about it. certainly with a therapist, first and foremost. its the hardest in a way -- well, for each of them its hard in a different way. but she has a child by this monster. that makes it even harder. because the child is always a reminder. of course, she loves...

>> you were going to cover some of the sentencing criteria. >> yes, your honor. pursuant to criminal rule -- [inaudible] 29.11 -- [inaudible] and 2929.12 -- [inaudible] judge, as you well know, the principles are to punish the offender and to protect -- [inaudible] this case speaks volumes with regard to the defendants action. p if we look at the harm that has been caused to to the victim, the only to thing i need to tell you is 13,226 days of captivity. his actions of luring these victims, vuln...

Well, probably today, to life plus a thousand years. you heard some of the testimony there by the experts in the criminal investigators who were brought forward there at the end. the psychiatrist, dr. frank okber. about, saying those three women held captive in ariels castros homes have been given a life sentence already. the damage that has been done to them, the emotional toil, the psychological problems that he inflicted on them, during those 10 years in his captivity is going to be in essenc...

Victims prior made it home and others did not indicating that other victims were killed. so this was his way of controlling the women and making them feel powerless. it talks about how he controlled their every movement through food and drink. in fact, it said they werent allowed to use the bathroom on the first floor, that there was a plastic toilet in the rooms that was emptied infrequently. really disturbing details here. but it also talked about the courageousness of these women, how they ke...

To maintain a sense of normalcy. prosecutors filed a sentencing memorandum wednesday detailing ariel castro. he let them keep a diary during captivity. they described the abuse and dreams of escaping and being reunited with family. >> my addiction to pornography and my sexual problem has really taken a toll in my mind. >> reporter: castroed a a mit d ed to having the girls chained by their ankles with only one meal a day. and a plea deal that took the death penalty off the table, castro pleaded ...

Past exposure to cases of forthcoming with the information, which is not typically what you see with captivity, serial kidnapping, incriminating questions. but he was. and he said he did it because he sexual abuse, in the course of was trying to satisfy his sexual captivity? >> yes, i have. needs. >> now, were you asked by our that is why ariel castro said he did what he did. office to consult with us and >> a couple details stuck out to review case materials, both in me, pamela. because really,...

Relationship with a girlfriend, who was completely unaware he had these women in a house. we have been covering the sentencing hearing in cleveland, his use of wigs, which has ohio, for ariel castro. he agreed last week, pled guilty already been described, his playing of music loudly in the house. he was a musician. to 937 counts including rape, but the playing of music sometimes to mask any potential for the women to be heard over kidnapping, sexual assault, you name it. he agreed to a plea b...

Let the three women keep a diary during the captivity that described the abuse and dreams of someday escaping. >> my addiction to pornography and my sexual problem has taken a toll on my mind. >> reporter: castro also admitted to having the girls chained by the ankles while he sexual assaulted them. he also said he had other victims and some made it home and others did not. in a plea deal castro pleaded guilty to more than 900 counts including kidnapping, rape and murder for terminating michele ...

So this was his way of controlling the women and making them feel powerless. it also talks about how he controlled their every movement through food and drink. in fact, it said they werent allowed to use the bathroom on the first floor and there was a plastic toilet in the rooms emptied infrequently. it talked about the courageousness of the women and how they kept a diary detailing the abuse they went through and talked about the dreams of making it home one day. we now know this happened this ...

>> all right. thanks to nelly. i want to bring in psychiatrist dr. charles sophie. he was here with us when the story broke in early may, and hes now here to talk about, you know, amandas recovery and the other girls, as well. and now, dr. sophie, when you see amanda berry there with nelly having such a fun time, you know, as he said -- she said, look, im a nelly fan, you know, one of the songs she knew and knew every word to, you know, was a song that was -- that he had recorded while she was i...