Debra Pickett

Full disclosure: To my great disappointment, I've never been called for jury duty. And, while any prosecutor in his right mind would immediately try to bounce a bleeding heart liberal like me, I'd really like to believe that I'd make an excellent juror.

Also: While thinking about today's column, I came up with an excellent little social engineering idea that could revolutionize jury service in Chicago. I think the wealthy "opt out" moms are the ideal jury pool. For one thing, they clearly don't need the money. So, instead of the small daily stipend, they could be compensated with fancy coffee drinks and trunk show shopping opportunities. And they could bring the fabulous strollers with them. It would be just like going to Starbucks, but with additional topics of conversation.