Margery M. Koosed is the Aileen McMurray Trusler Professor Emeritus at The University of Akron School of Law. Her writing focuses on death penalty litigation issues. She teaches Criminal Law, Constitutional Criminal Procedure, and seminars in criminal process, capital punishment litigation and mistaken convictions. Professor Koosed received her B.S., cum laude, from Miami University and […]
Board of Directors
Rev. Dr. Crystal Walker, Co-Chair
Rev. Dr. Crystal Walker has a Masters of Divinity degree from Payne Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary. Crystal’s ministry focus is on women who have experienced domestic abuse, rape and/or incest. She is the founder of Pastors Against Domestic Violence, an ecumenical ministry that trains pastors to be courtroom advocates for […]
Jonathan Mann, Vice Chair
After Thomas Knuff was arrested and charged for his father’s murder in 2017, Jonathan was at a moral crossroads. As he began to learn more about the death penalty, he realized it wasn’t as simple, efficient or cost-effective as he believed. He struggled with acceptance of what he began to understand while letting go of pain […]