When an Ohio judge denied a request for Cleveland kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro to visit the 6-year-old girl he fathered with one of the women he kidnapped and raped, the reason seemed pretty clear cut.
"I just think that would be inappropriate," Cuyahoga County Judge Michael Russo said last month.
The idea that Castro - who will be sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to 937 counts - would have any parental rights is hard to believe. But in 31 states, rapists do enjoy the rights of a father.
Ohio currently has no laws that would take away Castro's parental rights for fathering the child with Amanda Berry, who he abducted in 2003 when she was a teenager.
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Well THIS case should motivate Ohio to put a law into action to prevent him from having ANY parental rights! Its in the best interest of this child.
@chrissy – I was wondering why they did not put that in with his plea deal when they had it on the tube.
Thank you Cnn for posting some new fodder.
The idea that a rapist gets any rights as a father is repulsive.
I know I was "what" women are victomized again by having to send a child to see a rap-ist? W–TF
Agree with comments @chrissy@banasy@Scottish Mama.
There was yet another case in N.Cal of two men facing trial for keeping a 15 year old girl in a tool box 4x 2 ft and raping her.
And these are just cases which have surfaced.
Bradely manning got 136 yrs lets see what Castro gets?
He got life plus 1000 years.