From convict to public defender: BYU grad’s life transformed

Provo • By 2003, 22-year-old Ben Aldana already had a long history of run-ins with police.Starting in his early teens, a combination of drugs and a bad set of friends had set him on a path that eventually led to him spending years in federal prison on drug-related charges.In short, he might not be who one would picture as graduating from Brigham Young University’s law school with a public defender job lined up post-graduation.Three years of law school is tough for whoever attempts it,