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3 charged in Ohio with enslaving mother, daughter

This undated photo released by the Department of Justice shows Daniel Brown. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people, including Brown, on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday, June 18, 2013 the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed their pets better than the victims.(AP Photo/Department of Justice)

ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — A mentally disabled woman charged with shoplifting a candy bar asked to be jailed because three people “had been mean to her” — then went on to tell authorities about her time spent in unfathomably cruel servitude, along with her young daughter, at the hands of three people, authorities said Tuesday.

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Ariel Castro pleads not guilty in Ohio kidnap case

Ariel Castro, center, enters the courtroom for his arraignment Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, accused of holding three women captive in his Cleveland home for about a decade, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hundreds of charges, including rape and kidnapping. He is charged with kidnapping three women and keeping them _ sometimes restrained in chains _ along with a 6-year-old girl he fathered with one of them.  (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

CLEVELAND (AP) — A man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday, and the defense hinted that it would like to avoid trial with a plea agreement if the death penalty were ruled out.

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