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Mercy College to Host National Forensic DNA Expert
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (March 25, 2008) – Nationally
recognized authority on forensic DNA evidence Albert E. “Buzz”
Scherr will host a question and answer session at 3:30 p.m. on
April 8 in Mount Mercy’s Flaherty Community Room, Basile
Hall and will speak at 7:30 p.m. in Mount Mercy’s Flaherty
Community Room. The title of Scherr’s talk is, “Do
You Know Where Your DNA Is? Genetics, Privacy & the Constitution.”
The question and answer session and the presentation are both
free and open to the public.
Scherr is
a professor of law at Franklin Pierce Law Center at Concord, New
Hampshire, and is a nationally recognized authority on forensic
DNA evidence. He has served as the lead attorney in numerous pretrial
hearings in homicide, robbery, and sexual assault cases to determine
the admissibility of forensic DNA evidence. In 1992 Scherr was
trial and appellate counsel in a homicide case (State v. Vendebogart)
that resulted in the New Hampshire Supreme Court becoming one
of the few state Supreme Courts to find forensic DNA evidence
inadmissible (pending further technological developments). In
addition to his work involving forensic DNA evidence, Scherr has
over 20 years of extensive experience as a trial and appellate
lawyer, has handled over 40 homicide cases and has substantial
trial experience as a criminal defense lawyer in a wide variety
of cases.
Located in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Mount Mercy College is a Catholic College providing
student-focused baccalaureate education in the spirit of the Sisters
of Mercy.
Contacts:
Stacey Jones, Assistant Director of Marketing
(319) 368-6475, sjones@mtmercy.edu
Molly Altorfer, Director of Communications and Marketing
(319) 368-6475, maltorfer@mtmercy.edu
