Q:What type of details about mark osler can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: mark osler -lrb- born 1963 -rrb- is an american legal scholar , law professor at the university of st. thomas school of law in minneapolis , minnesota , and critic of narcotics policy and capital punishment in the united states . he holds the robert and marion short distinguished chair in law at st. thomas . born in detroit , michigan , osler attended grosse pointe north high school and subsequently matriculated at college of william & mary , graduating in 1985 . osler received his j.d. from yale law school in 1990 and began work as a law professor at baylor university in 2000 before leaving for st. thomas in 2010 . at st. thomas , he founded the nation 's first law school clinic on federal commutations , and he has advocated for an expansive use of the presidential pardon power . his work has been profiled by the american prospect and rolling stone . osler 's recent work has focused on clemency and narcotics policy . his opinion pieces have appeared in both the new york times and the washington post , while his arguments in favor of narcotics policy reform appeared in law journals at harvard , stanford , rutgers , and depaul . an article osler co-authored with rachel barkow for the university of chicago law review was highlighted in a lead editorial in the new york times , in which the times ' editorial board expressly embraced barkow and osler 's argument for clemency reform . he and barkow also co-founded the clemency resource center at nyu . some of osler 's work has addressed sentencing issues involving crack cocaine . in 2009 , osler won the case -lrb- through a 6-3 summary and per curiam decision -rrb- of spears v. united states in the united states supreme court , which reversed the eighth circuit and clarified a prior sentencing decision , declaring that sentencing judges could '' categorically '' reject the 100-to-1 ration between powder and crack cocaine which was then embedded in the federal sentencing guidelines . in his scholarship and advocacy , osler often explicitly addresses christian...
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