Ohio court hears appeal from condemned serial killer of 11

Ohio court hears appeal from condemned serial killer of 11

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Cleveland man who was convicted of killing 11 women and sentenced to death deserves an open court hearing to challenge the admissibility of his hours-long police interrogation, his attorney told the state’s highest court Tuesday.

“An open trial with the press and the public present imposes on everybody involved a greater sense of propriety and the importance of getting everything and doing everything right,” Gamso told the state Supreme Court justices.

Sowell could still appeal through the federal courts, and Ohio lacks lethal injection drugs.

Sowell’s attorneys have also challenged his original lawyers’ approach at trial to raise doubts about Sowell’s guilt.

Prosecutors say Sowell’s victims were recovering or current drug addicts and most died of strangulation.