sounds like some people just trying to get some press time.
In the State of Massachusetts, prior to being selected for jury duty each prospective selectee has to fill out and return to the court page three of their jury summons. It is on this form (
http://www.mass.gov/courts/jury/graphic.htm) where you can notify the court that you (or in the case of a pet, the pet) is not eligible for jury duty.
So unless this family falsified the summons (and especially page three), this story is probably being embellished by some reporter on a slow news day.
I hope the federal government is looking at their census form to see if they falsified that too. On the 2000 census form there is no place to put pets.
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http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/2000quest.html)
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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.
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Well you are lying as there is no place on the 2000 census form for pets. If you put your cat's name on the form, you falsified the form.
Thank you for confessing to falsifying your 2000 census form. Under Title 13, Chapter 7, Subtitle 2, anyone who willfully gives an answer that is false could be fined up to $500.
If only they would prosecute these jerks.