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"  Ariel Castro, the man who has been accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for a decade of horror, pleaded not guilty today to hundreds of charges, reports USA Today. Castro, a former school bus driver, has been indicted on 329 charges: One count of aggravated murder for allegedly terminating one of his captives&amp;#039; pregnancies (he&amp;#039;s accused of kicking her in the stomach), 139 counts of rape and 177 charges of kidnapping, seven counts of gross sexual imposition, three counts of felony assault and one count of possession of criminal tools dating from the time of the first woman&amp;#039;s disappearance until February 2007. Welp, that&amp;#039;s a litany of charges fit for a monster. However, the investigation is still underway and additional charges could follow.  To say the least, Castro&amp;#039;s guilty plea is perplexing. If he had pleaded guilty, he could have possibly escaped the death penalty. But there&amp;#039;s a chance he has a death wish: In an alleged suicide found at his house of horrors, Castro reportedly confesses to his crimes\u2014and blames his victims, writing, &amp;quot;I am a sexual predator&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;I need help.&amp;quot; If executed, Castro could be the first man put to death for killing a fetus. He&amp;#039;s currently being held on $8 million bail.  Want more from Dara? Follow her on Facebook and Twitter @dadeeyo. Photo: AP Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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