[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。  u, C: I2 n, h+ N5 E) Y3 F2 q0 I
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$ \- @! W' o: E. ?0 B6 ZU.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store' M/ y/ e9 [9 F6 \- m9 a0 S) l. R
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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."
( n/ |; n- X: }) F+ fAttalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays.
# D) B7 L4 }! U3 T$ N"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 \; k# I) x; [* M: P) D( H! dOne 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.
3 O1 @2 i4 `( ^8 l% H' @" ?- Srs238848.rs.hosteurope.deFithian maintained her innocence. She said her conviction was based on a misunderstanding: She said she was taking a $7 item to the service desk because it would not scan.
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Outside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel."/ s% E( e7 a2 g, f$ n
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.