Dennet Norton is a lead scientist of the Omnicorp Rehabilitation Center, specializing in cybernetic prosthesis. Raymond Sellars, the OmniCorp CEO, convinces Norton to be the head developer of the RoboCop program, saying that his ideas were 'underutilized' and that he would be saving lives plus bringing in revenue for his research. Sighting the psychological strain and the need to be scientific, Norton chooses police officer Alex Murphy - critically injured in a violent car explosion and near death- as the ideal candidate for the RoboCop program. Norton plays an important role in convincing Clara Murphy, Alex's wife, to sign the consent forms allowing OmniCorp to turn Murphy into the experimental cyborg.