Bennie Starks (left), 53, of Racine, Wisconsin talks to reporters in the lobby of Lake County Building with attorney Ron Safer. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Attorney Ron Safer talks to reporters in the lobby of Lake County Building about client Bennie Starks. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Bennie Starks (left), 53, of Racine, Wisconsin talks to reporters in the lobby of Lake County Building. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Bennie Starks, 53, of Racine, Wisconsin in the lobby of the Lake County Building with attorney Lauren Kaeseberg. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Lake County States Attorney Mike Nerheim talks to reporters in the lobby of Lake County Building about Bennie Starks. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Attorney Jed Stone (right) and Bennie Starks, 53, of Racine, Wisconsin talk to reporters in the lobby of Lake County Building. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Bennie Starks (left), 53, of Racine, Wisconsin talk to reporters in the lobby of Lake County Building with attorney Ron Safer. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Bennie Starks (left), 53, of Racine, Wisconsin looks over to attorney Lauren Kaeseberg while speaking to reporters in the lobby of Lake County Building. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Bennie Starks (left), 53, of Racine, Wisconsin talks to reporters in the lobby of Lake County Building. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Bennie Starks, 53, of Racine, Wisconsin is followed by television cameras as he leaves the Lake County Building in Waukegan. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Bennie Starks (left), 53, of Racine, Wisconsin with his cousin Louis Richardson of North Chicago leave the Lake Building in Waukegan. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Bennie Starks, 53, of Racine, Wisconsin leaves the Lake County Building in Waukegan. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Juan Rivera of Chicago with his wife, Melissa, attending the hearing in support of Bennie Starks of Racine, Wisconsin. Both Starks and Rivera were found guilty and spent time in prison when DNA evidence cleared them of the crime. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Juan Rivera of Chicago attends the hearing in support of Bennie Starks of Racine, Wisconsin. Both Starks and Rivera were found guilty and spent time in prison when DNA evidence cleared them of the crime. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Attorney Lauren Kaeseberg talks to reporters with Bennie Starks (left), 53, of Racine, Wisconsin and attorney Ron Safer in the lobby of Lake County Building. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Bennie Starks (left), 53, of Racine, Wisconsin talks to Juan Rivera of Chicago in the lobby of Lake County Building. Both Starks and Rivera were found guilty and spent time in prison when DNA evidence cleared them of the crime. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Attorney Jed Stone talks to reporters in the lobby of Lake County Building about client Bennie Starks. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Attorney Jed Stone talks to reporters in the lobby of Lake County Building about client Bennie Starks. Starks was convicted of a rape in 1968 and spent 20 years in prison when DNA evidence excluded him as the rapist. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media