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Anna and Guy Esposito, Sal's owners, were stunned when they received Sal's jury summons in the mail, reports MSNBC News. Anna tried to disqualify Sal, but the jury commissioner rejected the appeal.
The couple thinks the issue stemmed from an error on the last census form. Just like any other member of the family, Anna listed Sal under the "pets" section. "I just wrote 'Sal Esposito', scratched out the 'dog,' and wrote, 'cat,'" Anna told MSNBC News.
If the issue isn't resolved by Sal's court date, Anna will have to bring her cat to the jury box to serve his apparent civil responsibility.
Will the feline juror have his own opinions about the case or will he be a copycat?
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This is just another example of how inefficient our legal system has become.
However, I salute the kitty. Probably, the only one on the panel with any sense.
What's scary is that the court now knows that Sal is a cat and is still insisting that the cat come for jury duty. This would have been even funnier if it was 40 years ago and Arlo Guthrie was on trial for littering (you can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant).
Has Common sense gone out the window, I'm so sick of the lack of common sense in today's society!
Hahaha is there anyone else who just REALLY wants to see a picture of a cat sitting in a jury box? lmao I think this would be hilarious.
common sense, like common decency and common courtesy has become an oxymoron.
Cats have a good sence of justice and are not easily swayed. Dogs make better cops, cats might make better jurists.
And if you want simple logical answers then ask a horse.
This cat is on the jury for the trial of an Afghan puppy that blew up the kennel where Martha Stewart boarded her dog (remember?). Apparently, the Afghan pup was trained in Pakistan, and flew to the states from Yemen. Oh, how I love international intrigue.......
He looks like a nice boy who will try to do what he needs to do.
As always with our legal system, the usual moron is in charge.
When the cat can't take the oath, they will send it to jail for contempt.
This is probably what will happen.
She will take Sal in when she's supposed to. The judge will see Sal, think she's joking with court, and demand that Sal shows up on the future date he says. She will come back with Sal. The judge will again see the cat, and then accuse her of keeping Sal from showing up. He now says that Sal is in conteptive court, and he demands to see him or else she'll be in contemptive court. She has no choice but to bring the cat back in, The judge now arests her for contemptive court and says she'll get out of jail when Sal comes in She has a problem.
Hey Lee its Comtempt OF court. Not "contemptive" court lol.
Hey Ed G....It's contempt of court not comtempt of court..........check yourself before you check someone else
This is more a reply to Lee, who has a point. However, if the Mr & Mrs ignored the summons, what would happen. Eventually cops show up with a warrant for Sal's arrest. they come to the door. Mr & Mrs say there is no one there by that name. Cop says "where is he." Mr & Mrs say there has never been anyone living there by that name that they are aware of. Now, if I was the Mrs, I would suggest in a nice way, or ask to start with, to the officer, "do you have a birthdate on Sal? perhaps a DL id number or a social security number? " If the officer get's insistent that Sal lives there, if I were the Mrs, I would say "I would like to help you, Come on in, here, this is my husband, Guy, [and Guy gives his ID], and I'm Anna, here is my ID. Really, there is no Sal here, look in the bedrooms [one is very frilly and girly with a family photo], and there's the son's room and he is Guy Jr, as you can see in the yearbook, he's in 9th grade"
It almost seems like a wise a** response but it's being very helpful. I think the key is asking for a birthdate and ID info that the court has. In my family, we have father and son, senior and junior. When junior became of age, he did get called for jury duty and we called the court to inquire "which" person got the summons, the summons did not have either Sr or Jr on it, nor did it say the birthdate. I believe the court had it, so we knew. And some years later, another summons came, again, same reaction on our part, this time it was for my husband and I told them he was blind, I don't remember if they needed proof or if my long drawn out explanation of the medical terminology, etc convinced them.
See, if Mrs called the court and asked for a birthdate, what would the court come up with? IF it was from the census as suspected, there is no info on the census for the birthdate of a dog or cat. I think in a nice way ask that the court get info of how Sal's name came up, from what document, after all, they don't pull names out of the air. That would save them the time of going down there and wasting their time and the court's time
Joanna you are probably not far off. Somehow, somewhere letters or phones called were either ships in the night or disregarded. It happened once before and was resolved with no problem. Hopefully this kitty won't be required to make a decision of any kind.
cats are smarter but then you have the birdbrains running the game
If you think that's funny, you ought to try telling the Judge the Truth, sometime. Anyone remember Judge Brown of Wrentham District?
When my son was 6 mos old he got a notice to appear in traffic court. He was given a ticket for speeding on a motorcycle (it was his Uncle who used his name) I called the court and was told I had to bring him and his birth certificate on the date indicated on the ticket. The judge was NOT happy to see he was 6 mos old and in court. That was the only way to clear his name. Afterwards I was thinking what they would do when they came to arrest him on a warrant for failure to appear. Would I need to pack a diaper bag for him? Would they let him take his bottle and blankie? Would he be eating soggy bread and water or baby food? Who would give him a shower and change his diapers, the other inmates? Would the guards rock him to sleep and sing a lullaby to him when he was cranky?
my animals do not have a last name. and then she scratched off "cat" & "dog". here in florida the jury pool is from the drivers license and ssn. If that cat had either, he would have been called in.