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。 8 t* A- \# M7 }8 O7 k7 X/ d1 V# C ( k" _/ v; q, ^, G0 @9 y
+ t% ?& Z G4 _# S0 k$ u8 dU.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store S* i( {7 @5 Z4 ? S 4 _7 l$ x1 S# [8 x' j2 r' u- Q+ u 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." 6 y: H; L' }. @& P0 y' x$ o! \$ O0 KAttalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays. : A: H6 ?8 Q4 l# O' X, x"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."2 Q7 y; ]# K* ^ f* X
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.; K4 Y1 e* x% f5 f. t4 @/ y5 I: R1 |
Fithian maintained her innocence. She said her conviction was based on a misunderstanding: She said she was taking a $7 item to the service desk because it would not scan.- z6 i$ |& T" M6 A M
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Outside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel."" ^' F, x4 y$ w) K
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.
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