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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.

Ah, bureaucracy. Such a beautiful thing when it overrides common sense.

How will they know if the cat is voting guilty or not guilty, though?

[lemon10]

WHAT!
This is awesome, soon juries will have equal parts cat, dogs and humans.

[Tellemurius]

the prosecutor and the defense beckon the cat with food for their vote.

[Earthquake Damage]

the jury commissioner was unmoved and denied the request.

Sounds like somebody's not qualified for their job.

Also, the cat is probably under the age of majority, so no self-respecting bureaucrat would have let that slip anyway.  Minors can't serve as jurors.  Them's the rules.

[nenjin]

Surely lolcats has something apropos for this. 

[Darvi]

Eh, better than a horse for senator. Oh wait.

[ToonyMan]

They better bring the cat.

[Caesar]

No world without its feline rules.

I can't remember who's signature that was, again. But it applies.
Very well.

It is a conspiracy. Secretly cats are not only ruling the United States of America, but every other country in the world.
In fact, all politicians are robots controlled by cats. They decided to hide no more, and they are now putting cats into public offices. The world is in their paws! Run, RUN!

Edit: He- I knew it!
My cat is behind it all. If you recognize him, make sure to use a shotgun or similarly appropriate firearm to dispose of him.
He's mostly black, with all kinds of other colors 'highlighting' his fur. He has an evil glare in his eyes.

[Ochita]

No world without its feline rulers.

I can't remember who's signature that was, again. But it applies.
Very well.

It is a conspiracy. Secretly cats are not only ruling the United States of America, but every other country in the world.
In fact, all politicians are robots controlled by cats. They decided to hide no more, and they are now putting cats into public offices. The world is in their paws! Run, RUN!

Fix'd, anyway give them a fish and they will be happy.

[Euld]

Sounds like the rest of the US should list their pets on the next census for even more hilariousness.

[Cthulhu]

I want to see the Defendant get the case thrown out because they're being retarded with the jury.

[UristMcDwarf]

But really.What is going through everyones head when they do this? I mean, srsly.

[nenjin]

It's just a symptom of rubber-stamping. I'm sure someone looked at their appeal for removal from the jury pool, saw a Latino name and just went "DENIED" without reading the content. And now it's a news story.

I want to see the Defendant get the case thrown out because they're being retarded with the jury.

As a point of law I'm not sure you can call for a mistrial due to mistakes in the bureaucracy.

[Hawkfrost]

No world without its feline rulers.

I can't remember who's signature that was, again. But it applies.
Very well.

That was Deathworks.


Seriously, you've got to question a legal system that would allow something like this.
Even though the cats might have more sense then some juries.

[ToonyMan]

Put the parrot on the stand!