"Well, this fella don’ want no hangin’, ’cause he’d do it again. An’ same time, he don’t aim to bring trouble down on his folks. Ma – I got to go."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 26. Tom Joad says that he doesn’t want to cause trouble for his family after killing a police officer. In order not to put them in any jeopardy, he announces that he is leaving.