Convicted murderers and lawyers

This story might seem a bit random, but it hits close to home for me.  About 15 years ago, one of my first (maybe my first) "letters to the editor" was published, in support of James Hamm, a convicted murderer who served 17 years in prison and has since graduated from the Arizona State University College of Law.  I'm open to the possibility that I am excessively discounting some serious concerns that my own bar (Arizona) might have, but I believe that Mr. Hamm -- who did, I assume, an evil thing -- should now be permitted to practice law.  (Whether he should win with his 14th Amendment claim is an entirely different matter . . . ). 

Rick