Up until I was nine or ten, I believed that if you broke the law--for anything, ever--you would go to jail for the rest of your life. I didn't know that there were such things as five-year or even three-month sentences. You went to jail, end of story, never came out.
I was very confused when I watched the third Wallace and Grommit movie and the paper said "Grommit gets life" for being framed as a sheep-stealer. I thought that meant he was going to be executed.
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- I used to think if you got a parking ticket, you spent the rest of your life in jail!— Dixie Chicks Fan
- I used to believe that a life sentece was for when you stay in jail for your whole entire life.— Sara
- I used to think being engaged meant being in jail. I have no idea how I came to that conclusion.— CNB
- when I was 6, I believed I had to go to school for the rest of my life— Cody Jarosinski
- I used to belive that if you didn't keep a promise you would have bad luck for the rest of your life— Rebbecca
- when i was 4or5 i thought if i was naughty i would get sent to jail.— JESSELEE GWYNNE (VICTORA)