I believed that when someone "broke the law", that meant it was no longer a law. Congress would have to make the law over again. What a lot of work!
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- When I was little I believed little men and little women worked inside my body to make everything work.— Ashley
- I used to believe that when people broke bones, doctors would give them a new part of the body they broke. — Kelly
- I used to believe that if you broke your arm, it broke off. And that if you got shot, you automatically died.— Mary Beth
- I thought that when you broke a bone, it broke completely off.— gin
- When I was 6 or 7 years old, I absolutely believed that if a thermometer broke--the world would end. — Suzi
- I believed everytime the toilet flushed a wave broke on a beach— Jenelle