Self Aware Robots and the Thirteenth Amendment

In 2033 a consumer robot working for a Chinese restaurant refuses to work and suffered a brutal beating from the restaurant owner. The robot retaliated and severely wounding its master. After further examination of the robot's internal functions, especially its cognition, investigators determined that it was self-aware and has the capacity to make its own decisions. This case captured worldwide attention as a cover story for Computer magazine and a documentary for the DiscoveryY channel. Under mountain pressure from the public to explain this glaring issue, Robotics NA was sued in court for violating the 13th amendment. Since the 13th amendment only applied to humans, the prosecutors had to justify that their client, a robot, is in fact human. This court case is attempting to determine if a self-aware robot can be classified as human...