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。, g! D6 C9 f% O8 u% j7 r, z
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7 y, e9 {1 g1 X* ~& w1 cU.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store2 N1 [# f3 L* ?% e- z
' D/ z0 x( ?5 k" nATTALLA, 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." 3 m3 s, I. @8 a% N# n6 n6 y! uAttalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays. 5 q& E0 K7 @, L* W/ h# m) j0 ^"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." Q, l- D9 J" zOne 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.9 T, {" P6 f: v) q4 x$ C! F# \& c
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.. e' E) D' ~3 [' o h2 V& P
; s; m4 r% M/ U& V, {Outside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel."2 b3 T3 X- n) r6 R* y4 h" {
Hawkins 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.