I used to believe that "Prosecuted" meant "Executed". When someone said they were prosecuted, I thought they were gonna die.
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- when I was younger I used to believe that prosecuted meant that you would be killed!— tony
- As a child I believed that when a person was fired from their job, they were executed on a firing range. — damien
- i used to believe that sex meant love and that having sex meant the two people would live happily ever after.— amy
- I thought "catkin" meant "little cat".Anon
- I thought if food said it was fat free it meant you could eat as much as you want without getting fat!— Brainhead
- I thought "deployed" meant "fired".Anon