CLEVELAND (AP) — Jurors in the trial of a man charged with killing 11 women and hiding their remains in and around his home visited the property Monday before opening statements in the high-profile case.
Under a sunny blue sky, a jury motorcade of four vans under police escort left the courthouse for the fenced-off home of Anthony Sowell, 51, who passed on the chance to accompany jurors.
Sowell, who has been jailed since his arrest in 2009, has pleaded not guilty. He faces the death penalty if convicted.
It took nearly three weeks to seat the jury from a pool of about 200 prospective jurors. Those who were chosen were driven to Sowell's home to look at the neighborhood, …
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