Answer the following question: Facts: - imagesize: 150px - successor: andreas vokuhle - death date: 9 january 2014 - predecessor: hans-jurgen papier - office: 11th vicepresident of the federal constitutional court of germany - term end: 7 may 2008 - term start: 10 april 2002 - birth date: 17 february 1940 - name: winfried hassemer - nationality: germany - birth place: gau-algesheim , germany - alma mater: saarland university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of winfried hassemer .
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winfried hassemer -lrb- 17 february 1940 -- 9 january 2014 -rrb- was a german criminal law scholar .he was vice-president of the federal constitutional court .born in gau-algesheim , hassemer was from 1964 -- 1969 a scientific assistant at the institut for laws and social philosophy of the university of saarland .his widow kristiane weber hassemer was a judge and state secretary to rupert von plottnitz .his brother volker hassemer was a senator in berlin .