Contempt of Cat

East Boston cat called to jury duty
By WHDH-TV Staff and Associated Press

BOSTON - Duty calls for an East Boston resident.

Someone is getting called for jury duty...but it's no human.

A family is trying to figure out how their pet cat was summonsed for jury duty.

"I said, Sal, what's this? You know, I don't believe it I was shocked," said Guy Esposito, Sal's owner.

Sal's owners, Guy and Anna Esposito, think they may know the source of the mix up: Sal really is a member of the family, so on the last Census form, Anna Esposito listed him under "pets".

"I just wrote 'Sal Esposito', scratched out the 'dog,' and wrote, 'cat,'" said Anna.

Anna filed for Sal's disqualification of service. However, the jury commissioner was unmoved and denied the request.

Sal's service date at Suffolk Superior Court is set for March 23. Anna said that if the issue isn't cleared up by then, she will simply have to bring the cat to court.

Geez people are stupid and there's a lot of stupid to go around here. Like the clerk who didn't differentiate a pet from a dependent and added the cat to the potential juror list or worse the jury commissioner who wouldn't allow a disqualification of service. But I think the family has some blame here.

My parents don't add Muff the Cat to our Census forms. You know why? Because she's an effing cat. Who cares? The only way the government needs to know what kind of animals you own is if you are racing them for money or drowning them when they lose dog fights. Other than that, just shut up about your damn cat. The pet worship in this country has gotten out of control. I hope that cat claws everyone in that court room starting with her owner.

P.S. - Who knows? Maybe the cat will be great at interpreting the law. The cat below is.