Sowell was convicted in 2011 and sentenced to death for killing 11 women whose bodies were found at his Cleveland home. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Nancy McDonnell declined to clear the courtroom, and after about a 15-minute delay the hearing continued. The discovery of the bodies in July 2013 drew national attention to the possibility that another serial killer like Anthony Sowell had been killing women in and around Cleveland. Prosecutors argued at trial and during the mitigation hearing that Madison deserved to die because of the circumstances surrounding the killings. Linda Deskins, the stepmother of Angela Deskins, spoke about the grief Angela Deskins' father has endured.

Source: Fox News June 03, 2016 04:18 UTC