SELF DEFENSE?

(Cleveland, OH) From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

A Cuyahoga County judge sentenced James Steele to 15 years to life in prison yesterday for fatally stabbing a woman who had lived in his Scovill Avenue home. Lawanda Rich, 28, died from more than 200 stab wounds. In handing down punishment, Common Pleas Judge Eileen Gallagher said she did not believe Steele's alibi that he had acted in self-defense.

Pretty lame excuse.