April 27, 2004
Warden to Talk About DNA Revolution
CHICAGO ---
Rob Warden, executive director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions
at Northwestern University School of Law, will speak
May 12 and 13 about “DNA and Justice” in the Center
for Genetic Medicine’s Silverstein lecture series.
Warden will
talk, on both Northwestern campuses, about the impact of the
DNA forensic revolution and how it has awakened the public
to the criminal justice system’s flaws.
He will present “DNA and Justice” at
6 p.m. Wednesday, May 12, at the Pritzker Auditorium, Northwestern
Memorial Hospital,
251 E. Huron St., Chicago, (reception to follow at 7:30 p.m.) and
at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 13, in the Louis Room of the Norris
University Center, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston (reception precedes
the event at 6 p.m.).
Warden’s
lecture will trace the evolution of forensic applications of
DNA technology, assess its impact on solving crimes and exonerating
the innocent and explore its larger ramifications for the criminal
justice system.
“Though DNA analysis is far from a cure-all for the criminal
justice system’s ills, the role it has played in recent years
in solving crimes and preventing wrongful convictions cannot be
overstated,” says Warden. “Beyond that, DNA has awakened
the public to wrongful convictions and fostered a political climate
to improve the criminal justice system.”
The talks are funded by the Herman and Bea L. Silverstein Medical
Research Fund in the Center for Genetic Medicine. Sponsors include
the Northwestern University Center for Genetic Medicine, Evanston
Northwestern Healthcare and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. |