The scene was San Diego Superior Court. Two men were on trial for armed robbery. At this point the two defendants sealed their fate. They raised their hands. Tom Blair, San Diego Union , quoted in Reader's Digest .
Guilt is like the red warning light on the dashboard of the car.
You can either stop and deal with the trouble, or break out the light. In the Prison Fellowship newsletter, Jubilee, Charles Colson told of a young boy who became excessively fearful during the great New York blackout of 1977. When his parents questioned their son, he confessed that at the exact moment the lights went out, he had kicked a power line pole. As darkness engulfed the city, he thought he was to blame and would be punished. A little boy visiting his grandparents and given his first slingshot.