[国际新闻] 「我是三只手，我偷了沃尔玛的东西」

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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。- `3 W# W# v7 H& r  v- i2 X8 O

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3 j$ \; v: R" _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."7 M2 R( H3 ], I3 q0 L/ }
Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays.1 X# @8 a1 @( _
"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."7 L8 a# B9 I5 ?7 a' ~4 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.
" }/ S3 i$ u. I9 lFithian maintained her innocence. She said her conviction was based on a misunderstanding: She said she was taking a $7 item to the service desk because it would not scan.
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* w* }! f; V$ h. I' O% X+ X/ Q5 QOutside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel."
0 t$ k* h1 H4 j0 A( G, QHawkins 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.