Ohio killer of 11 deserves death

CLEVELAND (AP) — A serial killer deserves the death penalty for murdering 11 women and dumping their bodies around his property, a judge said today.

Judge Dick Ambrose of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court announced the decision after a 45-minute analysis of Anthony Sowell’s crimes and background factors in Sowell’s favor. Formal sentencing was to follow a series of statements from the relatives of victims.

Sowell slumped back in his chair without emotion as the judge announced his decision.