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[url="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/07/accused-florida-man.html"]Accused Florida man says his cat downloaded child porn, not him.[/url]

Florida law enforcement agents have charged 48-year-old Keith R. Griffin (shown at left) with 10 counts of possession of child pornography after a detective found over a thousand such images on his computer.
In his defense, Mr. Griffin told detectives "he would leave his computer on and his cat would jump on the keyboard. And when he returned there will be strange material downloaded."

He is in jail, with bail set at a quarter million dollars. His cat roams free.





I guess this is a grown-up version of "The dog ate my homework."

I wonder, will the cat feel guilty and bail his poor master out?

Loki[D.d.G] wrote:I wonder, will the cat feel guilty and bail his poor master out?

You know, I've always had the impression that cats simply are not genetically programmed to ever feel guilt.

dragon wench wrote:You know, I've always had the impression that cats simply are not genetically programmed to ever feel guilt.

Yup, I know what you mean. If it was a dog we were talking about here, he would probably be planning an elaborate jail-break to free the wrongfully imprisoned master. Gotta love dogs

Despite being very cynical - human stupidity can continue to amaze me when something like this comes out.

Xandax wrote:Despite being very cynical - human stupidity can continue to amaze me when something like this comes out.

Apparently someone forgot to include common sense when putting him together at the very beginning. I suppose everyone sleeps on the job once in a while, regardless of where you are employed.

I think there is no lower limit when it comes to the excuses people who get caught for criminal offenses come up with...

dragon wench wrote:You know, I've always had the impression that cats simply are not genetically programmed to ever feel guilt.

My cat actully looks smug if she draws blood. But honestly "My cat looked up child porn." I'm a bad liar and I could think of 100 lies better than that. Might as well admitted it.

I really think the guy should have kept quiet. As it is, you know that cat isn't going to visit him when he gets locked up. It's the kind of grudge anybody would find hard to forget.

the worst part is... he doesnt even have a cat:speech: