This explains the existence of courts where people can excuse their minor crimes. In the chapter The Measurements of Life, Sapolsky describes how the human brain deals with guilt. The author demonstrates this piece of writing using many logos. One example Sapolsky used was the firing squad in the nineteenth century. This example was exceptionally mind-blowing because I never would have thought of it or known about it without reading this book. Already in the 19th century all serious crimes were punished by execution. A group of 5 soldiers will simultaneously shoot the criminal during the execution; however one of the five welders will have a blank round loaded in the gun. This is because when the shots are fired there is no certainty as to who actually killed the criminal. Therefore, it will be easier for soldiers to return home and live a normal life. A psychological explanation for this is that since none of the soldiers knew who had the empty bullet, they would not have thought themselves guilty and would have been responsible for killing the criminal. This idea baffled me because in reality; no one wants to be guilty because they can't bear the consequences or the traumatic damage it will cause to the brain. Guilt is something that remains with a person after he or she has done something harmful. For example, when I was young, my brother and I broke my mother's favorite vase, but because I was afraid to admit that I knocked it off the table, I blamed it on my little brother. I was afraid to admit what I had done and spent sleepless nights because my little brother was scolded and punished instead of me. I couldn't sleep or eat for days because of what I had done to my little brother. So I told my mother the truth and accepted the consequences. Even though I was grounded for a long time for lying and breaking the vase; my guilt has been removed. After that I lived a normal life again, being able to do that