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。 " I: M) J3 f. o- O# M: B P0 z8 }2 S, |& ]6 T* p# n) k- o 9 y8 H, b/ M' b& E, p( [
U.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store X7 ]1 V6 A! M' k0 Q: @& V' j6 }. S 0 a) ?$ ^) g$ Z m; L( ] ATTALLA, 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." " O( b: P4 s- ]' LAttalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays. 9 F c! \" c$ x& e. m"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."5 n( m; M. J! r# @
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., w8 ~5 D1 z7 g% Q
Fithian maintained her innocence. She said her conviction was based on a misunderstanding: She said she was taking a $7 item to the service desk because it would not scan.+ V3 Z6 o8 Y2 j
; c7 F$ p1 N9 d( q7 T% D7 P( FOutside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel."6 s7 \: G( s8 p: g, F+ l# o
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.