Cat must report to jury duty

[Quantum Windbag]

Gotta love bureaucracy.

Anna filed to have her pet disqualified from the service requirement on the grounds he is "unable to speak and understand English." She even included a letter from her vet explaining that Sal is not a human being but a "domestic short-haired neutered feline," WHDH reported.
The court rejected the request, and as things stand, Sal will have to report for duty to Suffolk Superior Crown Court in Boston on March 23.
And what if Sal the cat is asked to weigh in on a case?
"He'll probably do a meow for the answer," Anna said.

Cat is summoned for jury duty in Boston; court rejects owners' appeal to disqualify him

 

[Madeline]

LOL!

Now that is a painful level of stupid.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Yeah, you think being a cat is a valid reason to get out of jury duty.

 

[uscitizen]

Many try and pussy out of jury duty.

I wonder if they will get fined for taking a pet in a court house?

I wonder how it even wound up on a list?
Owmer claiming it as a dependent?
Or registered to vote?
Had a drivers liscence?
That is where most states get their pool of potential jurors.


I would love to see the follow up on this story.

 

[Madeline]

Yeah, you think being a cat is a valid reason to get out of jury duty.

I do believe there'll be an opening soon for clerk of courts if you're interested, Quantum Windbag.

LOL.

 

[uscitizen]

A cataastrophy.

 

[WillowTree]

Life in librul land.

 

[goldcatt]

Many try and pussy out of jury duty.

I wonder if they will get fined for taking a pet in a court house?

I wonder how it even wound up on a list?
Owmer claiming it as a dependent?
Or registered to vote?
Had a drivers liscence?
That is where most states get their pool of potential jurors.


I would love to see the follow up on this story.

From the link in the OP:

Massachusetts couple Anna and Guy Esposito received a jury duty summons for their feline friend this month, who they had listed as a household resident on the 2010 Census.

 

[The Infidel]

A cataastrophy.

 

[xotoxi]

Many try and pussy out of jury duty.

I wonder if they will get fined for taking a pet in a court house?

I wonder how it even wound up on a list?
Owmer claiming it as a dependent?
Or registered to vote?
Had a drivers liscence?
That is where most states get their pool of potential jurors.


I would love to see the follow up on this story.

From the link in the OP:

Massachusetts couple Anna and Guy Esposito received a jury duty summons for their feline friend this month, who they had listed as a household resident on the 2010 Census.

I thought that the specifics of the 2010 Census would remain private until 2080???

I think that our Government has LIED TO US!!!

 

[whitehall]

Since jury lists are obtained from voter registrations the cat in question might have been registered to vote. ACORN strikes again?

 

[Baruch Menachem]

The cat in question, in search of Justice

Or a mouse. Hard to tell.

 

[Intense]

Many try and pussy out of jury duty.

I wonder if they will get fined for taking a pet in a court house?

I wonder how it even wound up on a list?
Owmer claiming it as a dependent?
Or registered to vote?
Had a drivers liscence?
That is where most states get their pool of potential jurors.


I would love to see the follow up on this story.

See what happens when Pet's Vote!!!

 

[uscitizen]

Many try and pussy out of jury duty.

I wonder if they will get fined for taking a pet in a court house?

I wonder how it even wound up on a list?
Owmer claiming it as a dependent?
Or registered to vote?
Had a drivers liscence?
That is where most states get their pool of potential jurors.


I would love to see the follow up on this story.

From the link in the OP:

Massachusetts couple Anna and Guy Esposito received a jury duty summons for their feline friend this month, who they had listed as a household resident on the 2010 Census.

Ohh so it started as a falsified Census thing. Well they deserve some grief.

 

[syrenn]

 

[uscitizen]

Since jury lists are obtained from voter registrations the cat in question might have been registered to vote. ACORN strikes again?

I dunno all it says is Saaaaaarrrraaaa.
The when is happy it says bbbeckbbbeckbbbeckbbeck.

 

[Trajan]

meow?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Many try and pussy out of jury duty.

I wonder if they will get fined for taking a pet in a court house?

I wonder how it even wound up on a list?
Owmer claiming it as a dependent?
Or registered to vote?
Had a drivers liscence?
That is where most states get their pool of potential jurors.


I would love to see the follow up on this story.

From the link in the OP:

Massachusetts couple Anna and Guy Esposito received a jury duty summons for their feline friend this month, who they had listed as a household resident on the 2010 Census.

Ohh so it started as a falsified Census thing. Well they deserve some grief.

Not exactly.

"Sal is a member of the family so I listed him on the last Census form under pets but there has clearly been a mix-up," Anna told local TV station WHDH. "I read the whole thing and I said, 'Oh my God, how could he go, he's a cat?'"

 

[uscitizen]

Pets on a census form? I just got the short one.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

I was wondering the same thing. On the other hand, the census is the source for the fact that there are more cats than dogs in the US, they must get it from somewhere.