Jenny Nguyen’s Legal Blog

I had to wait a little while before I could let this one loose.  I wanted to make sure the guy was ok.  About a week ago, I saw something amazing.  As Tropical Storm Fay lashed the Florida coast, a kite-surfer was videotaped going on the ride of his life, literally.
Kevin Kearney decided that it […]

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It never ceases to amaze me how much we seem to punish excellence and reward mediocrity.  Today’s latest installment involves a 9-year old baseball pitcher in Connecticut who is being disqualified because he is too good. 
It seems as though league officials feel that Jericho Scott, baseball phenom, is so fast and accurate, that he […]

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America has an obesity problem.  Now granted, I am not telling you anything you probably don’t already know.  However, it is starting to affect the criminal justice system as well.
Two recent cases come to mind.  A convict on death row recently claimed that he was too fat to execute.  His contention was that since he […]

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I knew it, knew it, knew it.  Today, as I was driving back from lunch, one of my colleagues commented on how cheap gasoline is now.  It is down to $3.54 per gallon.  That’s cheap?  Now granted, a $.56 cent drop per gallon is considerably less, but it is still outrageous.  You have to remember that […]

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I don’t understand how the outcome always remains the same.  I try, and I try.  “That’s life,” some say.  Others tell me to play the cards I’m dealt.  Yeah, well, I did.  Nonetheless, I still lose. 
How is solitaire so freakin difficult to beat?? 
I’m not talking about the weak one-card draw version, either.  You’ve gotta do […]

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