Anthony Sowell

A US man has been sentenced to death for the murders of 11 women whose remains he kept in his house in Ohio. Sowell was found guilty last month of aggravated murder, kidnapping, and other charges in the gruesome 11 deaths. At court in Cleveland, the 51-year-old sat with eyes closed as Judge Dick Ambrose read aloud the details of each murder, before passing sentence.   The bodies were found after police went to arrest Sowell in October 2009 on a sexualassault allegation. His execution by...Read Full Story

*If you know me, you know I am not fond of the death penalty.  The death penalty is a vengeful act masking itself as justice.  “Justice” is a subjective term and what may be just to me may be unnecessary to someone else.  Nonetheless, we live in a nation-and world believing that death is justice under certain circumstances. I don’t believe heinous, violent people who target innocent people for personal satisfaction or evil should walk around with the rest of us.  People who have the...Read Full Story

ABC NewsJury finds Anthony Sowell guilty of murders of 11 womenReutersAccused serial killer Anthony Sowell watches the jury walk into the courtroom at the Justice Center in Cleveland July 19, 2011. By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A Cleveland jury found Anthony Sowell guilty on Friday of the murders of 11 women. ...Ohio man convicted of murder in 11 deathsForbesAnthony Sowell convicted of aggravated murderPlain DealerAnthony Sowell jury reaches verdictCBS NewsUSA Today -Washington Post...Read Full Story

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A Cleveland jury found Anthony Sowell guilty on Friday of the murders of 11 women.Sowell is eligible for the death penalty. The jury will next hear the "mitigation phase" of the case to determine whether the 51-year-old ex-Marine should be executed.Sowell was arrested in 2009 for rape and assault. While executing a search warrant police initially found two decomposing bodies on the floor in his house. As police continued to search, four more bodies were found in the...Read Full Story

A registered sex offender who police say was living with 10 dead bodies and a skull has been indicted on 11 counts of aggravated murder, a prosecutor said Tuesday.Anthony Sowell, 50, previously had been charged with five murders. Now, he is indicted on a total of 11 murder counts and dozens of others, including kidnapping, abuse of a corpse, attempted murder, assault and rape charges.Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason expects to seek the death penalty.Sowell's home was searched after a...Read Full Story