Ohio serial killer Anthony Sowell wants new trial

CLEVELAND, OHIO -- Evil Anthony Sowell is bizarrely going for it. He thinks he deserves a new trial. Here's a refresher: the serial killer butchered 11 women and hid the remains in his rundown Cleveland house. As it stands, evil Tony has date with the executioner but his lawyers think "a judge wrongly closed a portion of jury selection and a hearing where attorneys argued about his police interrogation", the Associated Press reports. The prosecution ain't fooled by the 55-year-old monster.

"It's important to note that everything the judge did in this case he did to protect Anthony Sowell's right to a fair trial," assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor Chris Schroeder said . "That was the reason why he closed the courtroom." MORE FROM ABC NEWS

SERIAL KILLER CREEPY ANTHONY SOWELL WILL DIE

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SERIAL killer, creepy Anthony Sowell will die for the vicious murders of 11 women, the judge has ruled.
The 51-year-old was found guilty of luring 11 women to his Cleveland, OH apartment often with the promise of booze or crack cocaine.
But after smoking the drug he turned, repeatedly raping them and beating them to death.
When he ran out of the room to bury the body's in his back garden, he kept them lying around his apartment, causing an almighty stink in the neighborhood.  
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Dick Ambrose upheld a jury's recommendation earlier in the week that he be put to death.

DEATH FOR SERIAL KILLER CREEPY ANTHONY SOWELL

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SERIAL killer creepy Anthony Sowell should be sentenced to death for the vicious rapes and murders of 11 women, a jury has decided.
The twisted former marine lured his victims to his Cleveland OH, apartment promising booze and crack cocaine, but after smoking the drug himself, he turned, violently raping and beating them before strangling them to death. 
Then he buried them in his garden, but he soon ran out of room, so instead of disposing of them elsewhere, he just kept the body parts in his condo, wrapped in plastic sheets or dumped in garbage bags.
The 52-year-old didn't testify during his trial and barely offered any explanation when quizzed by cops, other than he told them he got angry if his victims told him they had children.
He said: “One thing that always made me mad was they had kids. That’s a big thing in my head.” 

SERIAL KILLER CREEPY ANTHONY SOWELL: 'I'M SORRY'

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TALK about too little, too late.
In a last desperate bid to avoid the death penalty, convicted serial killer, creepy Anthony Sowell told the court: "I'm sorry."
The 51-year-old was found guilty of luring 11 women to his Cleveland, OH apartment often with the promise of booze or crack cocaine.
But after smoking the drug he turned, repeatedly raping them and beating them to death.
When he ran out of the room to bury the body's in his back garden, he kept them lying around his apartment, causing an almighty stink in the neighborhood.
After refusing to testify during the case itself, Sowell has finally decided to speak in a bid to save himself from the death penalty.  

SERIAL KILLER ANTHONY SOWELL GUILTY OF 11 MURDERS

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CREEPY Anthony Sowell is the serial killer we all knew he was, a jury ruled yesterday.
The twisted former marine lured 11 women to his grotty apartment in his drug ridden Cleveland neighborhood with the promise of booze or crack cocaine.
Then he stuck, brutally beating them or throttling them to death, in a vicious crack cocaine fueled rage.
Calling no witnesses, he barely offered any explanation for his brutality, other than the nightmares brought on by the deadly drug -all of which involved him hurting women.
When he woke up they were gone.
He will now face the death penalty for the slayings after being convicted of multiple counts of aggravated murder and a number of other offenses.  

ACCUSED SERIAL KILLER ANTHONY SOWELL'S D RESTS

IF HE'S convicted, Anthony 'Creepy Tony' Sowell may go down as the forgotten serial killer. Sowell is on trial for his life in Cleveland and is accused of raping, murdering and dismembering 11mostly crack addicted prostitutes during a two year reign of terror in 2007-2009. So far, it's not looking too good for Creepy Tony and yesterday, the defence rested. They called no witnesses. Presented no evidence. He is S.O.L. The prosecution wrapped up their case Monday. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Creepy Tony--a former Marine--came to the attention of cops when women who lived in his rundown area complained about him. Neighbors apparently missed the stench of rotting flesh coming from his two-story house. Prediction? Death for Creepy Tony, soon to be the forgotten serial killer. MORE FROM CNN

CREEPY ANTHONY SOWELL KEPT HEADLESS BODY: VICTIM

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CREEPY Anthony Sowell kept the bloody decapitated corpse of one of his victims in his apartment, a court heard yesterday.
Vanessa Gay told the court that the accused serial killer dubbed "creepy Tony" had invited her round to his apartment to "celebrate his birthday" by drinking and smoking crack cocaine.
But almost immediately after she walked in she got a bad feeling.
She said: "If you've ever seen Silence of the Lambs the eeriness, it was that atmosphere, but it was too late to turn back. It was just dark and gloomy, you could feel the gloom." 
But almost as soon as he took a hit from the crack pipe, Sowell turned into a monster, forcing himself on her and raping her repeatedly throughout the night.
She explained: "He told me nobody would hear me, nobody would hear me scream, nobody would hear me scream."

CREEPY ANTHONY SOWELL: 'I GOT RID OF THEM'

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CREEPY Anthony Sowell's admitted to butchering 11 women in two years, telling his girlfriend "I got rid of them," a court heard yesterday. Lori Frazier, who is the niece of Cleveland's mayor Frank Jackson, claimed she didn't believe the accused killer, dubbed 'creepy Tony' by neighborhood kids, despite the foul stench coming from his apartment and often seeing him covered in blood.
The former marine who allegedly lured his victims to his apartment with the promise of drugs before killing them.
Frazier, 31, who admitted to using drugs with the so called psychopath, added that once saw Sowell digging in his backyard, before testifying that she knew Crystal Dozier, one of the women found dead in his home.

JURORS VISIT ANTHONY SOWELL'S HOUSE OF HORROR

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CREEPY Anthony Sowell's house, where he is accused of killing 11 woman and hiding their remains was visited by jurors before opening statements in the potentially explosive case. The alleged serial killer is thought to have lured his victims many who had a history of drug abuse  with the promise of booze or narcotics into his Cleveland, OH home.
Then, prosecutor's assert that when they were wasted, he struck, strangling or beating them to death. 
So far 11 bodies have been identified at his duplex.  
The women disappeared one by one, starting in October 2007 and ending in September 2009. It was thought that showing the jurors the Cleveland, OH home where it's believed the killings took place, would help them gain some perspective for the upcoming testimony.

SERIAL KILLER ANTHONY SOWELL FACES JUSTICE TODAY

TODAY IS THE DAY. Anthony 'Creepy Tony' Sowell goes on trial for his life in a Cleveland courtroom. Remember Creepy Tony? He is accused of raping, murdering and then dismembering 11 Cleveland women in a bloody two-year stretch between 2007 and 2009. He has pleaded guilty by reason of insanity. Well, no shit.
The prosecution's goodies all lay in the killing ground that was Sowell's backyard. In October 2009, cops found the remains of five of 11 dead women. More women have also come forward alleging that Creepy Tony attacked them. Most of the victims were women who had fallen on hard times and drifted into prostitution. While much of the news regarding Sowell have focused on his sinister deeds, little has previously been known about the man. Born in Cleveland, he joined the Marines and saw the world. After his release

CRIME ROUND-UP: ANTHONY SOWELL, YALE KILLER, MORE!

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TRANNY LOVER

* PROSECUTORS WANT SOWELL TO GET NEEDLE: Jury selection in the murder trial of accused serial killer Anthony "Creepy Tony" Sowell began Friday in Cleveland.
Creepy Tony has been charged with murdering 11 women at his Ohio home before being brought to justice in 2009.
While defence and prosecution have been discussing plea deal for 18 months, the law only wants one result for psychopath: death. DA WANTS CREEPY TONY TO FRY
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