Sal Esposito is called to fulfill his jury duty in Boston on March
23. He is trying to avoid it otherwise he would need a ride to go to
court and a lot of help from his owner because Sal is a cat.
Since
Sal is a member of the Esposito family, his owner Anna Esposito put his
name on the last census form as a family pet. She crossed out “dog” and
added “cat” instead.
Though she
attempted to have him excused from the court, she had to pick a reason
to state why Sal is not able to attend his jury duty. According to the
form that she had to submit, a number of choices were provided to
explain the reason of disqualification: old age, illness, a convicted
felon, and do not speak English. Ana simply chose the most obvious
reason – do not speak English.
The request was then denied and the
jury commission was unmoved. Sal is still ordered to attend his jury
duty as originally scheduled.
