Chicago Tribune
In his first month in office, Lake County State's Attorney Mike Nerheim took an action his predecessor worked for years to avoid, agreeing to fully clear Bennie Starks of crimes that sent him to prison for 20 years before DNA indicated his innocence.
The Daily Herald
The remaining aggravated battery charge against Starks, stemming from his wrongful conviction in a 1986 rape case, was dropped Monday during a hearing in front of Lake County Judge John Philips. It came a month after the first attempt to do so was...