May 18, 2012   :   291 EXONERATED
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DNA and Other Withheld Evidence Prove Missouri Man’s Innocence

Investigation Reveals Texas Likely Executed An Innocent Man

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Rape Conviction Dismissed for Bennie Starks After 20 Years in Prison

At a hearing Tuesday morning, Lake County prosecutors dismissed rape charges against an Illinois man who served 20 years for the 1986 crime. This is a reversal for the prosecutor’s office, which had threatened to retry Bennie Starks on the charges even though multiple rounds of DNA testing definitively excluded him as the perpetrator of the rape.

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