I used to believe that suicide was a crime you could go to jail for because people would say "They commited suicide" like commiting a crime. I'm pretty sure I thought it was a combination of murder and robbery.
A childhood belief about criminals

others believed things like this
- I used to think True Crime was a documentary TV show and not a genreAnon
- I used to believe when a person was convicted of a crime and sent to prison, his lawyer went to prison, too.— Tara
- when i was little, i thought that a con artist was a person that painted pictures of people commiting crimes— kimkim
- I used to believe that "sue" meant murder, so in movies when someone is getting sued I got really confused— I don't know
- when i was 4or5 i thought if i was naughty i would get sent to jail.— JESSELEE GWYNNE (VICTORA)
- I thought Santa was going to be sent to jail for stealing gifts from Toys R Us.— Sandy