No retrial in Lake County rape case

Chicago man served 20 years until DNA got him out on bond, was facing retrial in '86 case

Lake County prosecutors say they do not plan to retry Bennie Starks on rape charges from 1986, apparently scuttling yet another in a string of cases undermined by DNA evidence, according to defense lawyers who received the news Monday.

At a hearing in Elgin appeals court, a lawyer from the state