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 […]
Jane Bohman
Jane Bohman serves as the co-convener of the Miami Valley chapter of Ohioans to Stop Executions, a grassroots volunteer organization that holds public education events and execution vigils, as well as supporting the work of OTSE. From 2001-08, Jane served as the Executive Director of the Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. The Coalition educated […]


