I once heard my dad say that the judge was going to "throw the book" at a guy from our neighborhood. I really thought that judges hit people with books after that. It scared me to think what the Gavel was for.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- I used to think it was a coincidence that judges all had the first name "Justice".— Katz
- I used to think that all judges had to wear those wigs.— M
- I used to believe that all the first names of judges was Justice till I was doing my 4th high school year.— Tafadzwa
- when I was growing up I truly believed that my neighborhood was the only neighborhood with "THE CORNER"— Brid
- I used to believe that if I got my hair cut like Farrah Fawcett's people would throw ashes on me.— mel
- When I was a little I thought TV was full of tiny books and we would watch one every day— Amine