Jury Duty Has Gone To… The Cats?

If you can believe it, jury duty has gone completely to the cats! Seriously, a cat has actually been summoned to serve on a jury in Boston.According to the New York Daily News, Sal the cat was sent a letter in the mail requesting he report for jury duty in a Boston court. His owners filed to have Sal disqualified on the grounds he can't speak or understand English and a letter from Sal's vet was included to state he was not human. But that didn't stop the court from denying that request and now Sal has to report to court for a proper dismissal - unless the defense attorney WANTS him to serve on the jury.

To be honest, I have gotten sick of seeing wasteful spending. Here's the perfect example. Our government is hemorrhaging money daily. They are laying off employees and not salting roadways to save money, but yet one simple click of the mouse and about 5 minutes of time would have solved this entire problem. They now have to WASTE our courtroom time - which is backed up beyond belief at this point - JUST TO DISMISS A CAT FROM JURY DUTY!

If it were me in this situation, I would have called the court house, told them I have a message from Sal - "I'm not serving and you can't make me." Then let the police have a good time trying to track down Sal to serve the bench warrant!