NEW : A defense attorney says he feels jurors will agree ` ` death is not the appropriate penalty '' Anthony Sowell was convicted of killing 11 Cleveland - area women between 2007 and 2009 . He has been described as a ` ` sexually violent predator '' The first bodies were discovered after a 36-year-old Cleveland woman told police a story similar to Wade 's . The defense is expected to take 3 to 5 years for its part of the appeals process .
NEW : A defense attorney says he feels jurors will agree ` ` death is not the appropriate penalty '' Anthony Sowell was convicted of killing 11 Cleveland - area women between 2007 and 2009 . He has been described as a ` ` sexually violent predator '' The defense is expected to take 3 to 5 years for its part of the appeals process .