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。 # u& l! G5 d. G, i* o/ p6 Y8 A2 e 2 V) l8 r3 K8 F6 D( z" |$ F - p* e" D! O3 Q, sU.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store ) W W# i8 M* k0 ?, n3 ^* M - \# D! S6 d& n* C 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."+ u, H8 P. A9 q7 H1 h* U$ t0 ^$ P
Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays., g) B( [# h) E7 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." ' A H- Y8 K# C) ]( B; w. @' w( v3 UOne 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.% s. T4 Q% B- P# n' P ?9 J$ g/ M% N
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.) I& j5 o, |# ]
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Outside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel." $ n6 h* A0 k/ B" g( T8 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.