The ghost on his shoulder

The ghost on his shoulder

James and Donna Hamm in their Phoenix area home in August 2025. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona Mirror“May it please the court, my name is James Hamm,” he began, just like any attorney pleading his case. Then the narrative took a turn. “I stand before this court having committed a violent crime in 1974,” he said. Hamm was appealing to the Arizona Supreme Court to let him into the Arizona State Bar, the agency that licenses and regulates …