In criminal related defense headlines from the mile high city, Kieran Nicholson, reporting for the respected Denver Post newspaper ran a recent story with the headline; Two more Denver bank robberies add to alarming trend. Nicholson says that in 2008, 135 banks were robbed in Colorado, according to an FBI spokesman. At this point this year, 180 banks have been robbed across Colorado. The spokesman added that drug and gang activity, and the sour economy, has contributed to the rise this year. The criminal “Hopping Hooded Bandits” have local law enforcement officers worried by their aggressiveness.
The bandits consist of at least four young men. They are suspected in at least three bank heists since Dec. 2. By the way if you are searcher for Denver criminal defense lawyers I can suggest the DGFirm. For their part, they have some of the top criminal defense attorneys/lawyers available.
The FBI spokesman was quoted as saying, also; “What concerns us at the FBI is they are very brazen, they all have weapons and they are very aggressive in their (criminal) style. It’s what we call a ‘takeover-style’ robbery. They come in with guns in hand and order people to the ground and jump the counters.” Authorities fear that the bandits may escalate their violence and someone could be shot. The say the robbers might become more dangerous.
Reported Nicholson writes, “Experts stress that bank robbery victims should try to remain calm and comply with orders, and not attempt to take on or stop the robbers. Victims are urged to try and make mental notes of the robbery and criminals.”. Well, they are helping to keep all of the Denver lawyers busy for sure
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Denver criminal Robberies Adding up To A Trend Up
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009Use Candles and Paper Boats To Float Troubles Away
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Use candles and paper boats to show your children how to use the power of ritual and symbolism to float their troubles away. At the same time, teach them one of the traditions of the Thai culture.
Celebrate Loi Krathong (loy-kruh-thong) Festival in Thailand with your kids. This holiday is celebrated in Thailand in November each year. “Loy” means “to float” and a “Krathong” is a lotus-shaped banana leaf-boat. The Krathong usually contains a candle, flowers, coins, and three *joss-sticks. See definition for joss sticks below.A full moon in the sky begins the festival. The evening of the full moon, people reverently carry their Krathongs to the nearby rivers.
The candles are lit, and after making a wish, the precious little vessels known as Krathongs are set down on the water. They are allowed to drift away. Regarding them, I particulally like soy wax candles as well as the jar ones and large, white pillar candles. All in all, I have noticed that many folks prefer gel candles as well as other scented types such as the soy wax varieties.In this way, people are offering thanks to the Goddess of water. Significantly, it is believed that the Krathongs carry away bad luck. Also, the wishful intentions people make for the New Year begin. Joy replaces suffering and worry as the vessel floats troubles and bad incidents and memories away. I still prefer the soy wax candles myself overall.
The Los Angeles Trial of The 1940’s
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Just got back from meeting with a probate attorney and thought it was time to get back to writing: In the Opinion column for the Los Angeles Times, Carlos Valdez Lozano, wrote a beautiful tribute to a real-life justice-fighter. On November 6, 2009, Lozano began, To Alice McGrath, who changed the world.
He says that McGrath’s life was lived for social justice—beginning with her part in coordinating efforts to overturn the wrongful convictions of 12 Mexican American men for murder. Convicted of murdering a man found at the Sleepy Lagoon Reservoir, the men were put on trial en masse in Los Angeles in the 1940’s. The atmosphere was charged with blatant racism and hostility toward the defendants. I am not sure where the Attorney General stood in this case. For her part, McGrath contended that her part was about due process. She was quoted as saying, ‘I may not have changed the world, but I’ve lived a life I feel good about.”
McGrath was born on April 5, 1917. She was the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants. Her family had fled because of discrimination. If you need a top Los Angeles probate attorney I do suggest this resource. All in all, this is atop probate attorney firm.
When she died on Nov. 27, she had the satisfaction, she told Lozano, of having seen Barack Obama elected president. Lozano summarizes some of her accomplishments as follows:
She helped organize a birthday celebration in Los Angeles in 1951 for the distinguished African American author W.E.B. Du Bois, who later became a dear friend; she taught martial arts to women (because she believed it would empower them) and wrote a book about it called “Self-Defense for Cowards”; though not an attorney herself, she developed a legal aid program for the poor in Ventura County; and she led 85 humanitarian aid trips to war-scarred Nicaragua.
