Finally Freed

Starks decided to get in touch with the Innocence Project to help him overturn his conviction. In 2004, they were able to obtain the vaginal swab taken from the rape kit performed on the victim at the time of the assault, and it was found that the semen did not belong to Bennie Starks. Although the rape charges against Starks were now dropped, the battery ones remained. But finally, in 2006, he was let out on bail, and then in May of 2012, Starks was finally exonerated for all the charges placed against him, finally able to walk free at the age of 53, all thanks once again to the Innocence Project, which has helped many wrongly accused citizens for quite some time.