Some Homen committed crimes even after they became Homen ("Konjaku Monogatari Shu" [The Tale of Times Now Past], volume 29, 'The tale of Homen who broke in a house to rob and were arrested.')
中には放免になった後も犯罪を起こしたりする者がいたようである（『今昔物語集』巻二十九「放免共、強盗ト為リ人ノ家ニ入リテ補ヘラルル語」）。