• “Have you ever been arrested, or visited someone in jail?” - No personal criminal history, but I taught a bible study in the juvenile hall in Lincoln Heights the summer after my frosh year at Oxy. I shared that. It was in the “KL” ward - where the kids on trial for murder were. I forgot to share that. I’m also remembering the time I lived in Highland Park after my sophomore year and we called the police for one of our neighbors on a domestic violence case when the boyfriend was running around the apartment complex with a gun. I didn’t remember that one.• “Have you ever been the victim of a crime?” - Lots of people talked about stolen cars. A few people shared some pretty crazy stories. Me, I had to talk about the shooting in front of my house 6 years ago.

• “What do you think of gangs? Do you live or work in an area with gang activity?” - I remember hearing once that Boyle Heights had the highest concentration of gangs in LA, though there are many parts where you don’t feel the prescence of gangs much at all.

• “What is your feeling about gun ownership?” - I could tell this one would be a “swing vote” for whether or not people were excused from this trail, so I shared “thoughtfully” without oversharing.

Like I said, I’m “Juror #1,” so I’ll post more info after the trial is all done.

Maybe.