46岁的丽莎·金·费席安站在阿拉巴马州阿塔拉市的沃尔玛卖场门口,身上挂着「我是三只手,我偷了沃尔玛的东西」的牌子。她被抓到偷窃一件7美元的商品,法官让她选择坐60天牢,还是在沃尔玛门口挂牌罚站四小时。1 ]" y. u7 R! g% s
( r2 ^; W! i+ _2 U! | $ `3 `8 [* D9 d8 n% z- X& G- d0 dU.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store; {$ i) Q# _. g8 q! _9 K
. h2 r! v! x4 ^% t' RATTALLA, Alabama: Shoppers entering a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Alabama got a reminder not to try anything funny: Two shoplifters stood outside with signs reading "I am a thief, I stole from Wal-Mart."$ `+ X0 P- g c; l- X& [
Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays. $ @! S) v" d: h4 }( V"The only comments we've heard so far have been positive," said store manager Neil Hawkins. "Most of them thought it was a good thing."1 H% `8 \4 N$ v/ l2 V; C
One of the shoplifters, Lisa King Fithian, 46, wore the sign from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to avoid a 60-day jail sentence. Another convicted shoplifter was at the store from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.6 O( v- K Z3 k! p6 I& Z% e2 J0 p
Fithian maintained her innocence. She said her conviction was based on a misunderstanding: She said she was taking a $7 item to the service desk because it would not scan. ; _ h2 c* j, k$ y0 c! S0 l% T ' ^3 z* h l) a7 n* J( k: f" POutside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel." ! H% O" H+ |7 h3 OHawkins noted how embarrassing it would be for the public to see someone who got caught shoplifting. "Maybe they'll think twice about doing it," he said.