logo
welcome
CNN

CNN

A judge heard the case of a death row inmate who claims innocence, weeks before he’s scheduled to be executed | CNN

CNN
Summary
Nutrition label

80% Informative

Marcellus Williams , 55 , is scheduled to be put to death on September 24 for the murder of Felicia Gayle , a one -time reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch .

He was convicted in 2001 of first -degree murder, burglary and robbery, but he has always maintained his innocence.

In January , the local prosecutor’s office filed a motion to vacate Williams ’ conviction, saying DNA evidence that could purportedly exclude Williams as the killer had never been reviewed by a court.

New DNA testing found DNA from an investigator for the prosecutor's office at the time of Williams ' trial, and that the testing also couldn’t exclude the prosecutor who handled the.

VR Score

82

Informative language

82

Neutral language

35

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

65

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Affiliate links

no affiliate links