Would you want a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army on your faculty?

Patty Hearst takes part in the April 1974 Hiberna bank raid with other SLA members. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I suppose if you were Professor Emeritus Angela Davis, the answer might be "yes."  For the rest of higher education, it may be more problematic.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/05/08/contract-renewal-adjunct-criminal-past-raises-academic-freedom-concerns-illinois#sthash.UTIasbJP.dpbs


Who is Professor Angela Davis, you ask?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis

A lot of us did things in the 60s and 70s that we'd rather not recall --- or have recalled --- today.  But few were so controversial as Davis, who went on to have a successful career as a university professor, and James Kilgore, who spent much of his adult life in prison and now hopes to be an adjunct faculty member.