Cat summoned to jury duty after owners list him as a family member on Census

[UrbScotty]

Boston resident Sal Esposito has been called to jury duty, but there's one thing standing in the way of his ability to serve: He's a cat.

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.

"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?'"

"I was shocked," added Anna's husband Guy, though he said Sal - a fan of crime shows - "knows right and wrong."

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/cat-summoned-jury-duty-boston-court-rejects-owners-appeal-disqualify-article-1.154763#ixzz2l7vNFjeI

[packman]

1. If they would only

leave it up to 12 cats to decide a person's fate, it would be a better world. Then again nothing is purrfect , I can see the cats falling asleep during evidence presentation and how in the hell could you ever get 12 cats to agree on anything.

[Curmudgeoness]

2. I just got a jury summons myself

and based on my other experiences on juries, I would prefer to deliberate with Sal than many of the other jurors I have dealt with.

I wonder how Sal gets out of it.