[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。人在德国 社区' W, }* `# b$ g- }: |% L7 a- \7 s

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U.S. judge forces shoplifters to wear 'I am a thief' sign outside store2 o9 u2 `4 ]) N

, [9 F( f9 H& U8 }( iATTALLA, 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."
* t9 N5 F# }3 W# W' d- `& rAttalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays.6 ?& S) P) @$ x: T/ f
"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."
( b1 ]$ u# A' u' z- D7 k% @+ D( |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.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de( G* M: a8 `" L* W4 O
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.% `- k2 D# H2 i) L: R9 k

' C& v* _8 K; T/ x- B1 T2 @Outside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel."
, o! h# x( w$ r" ars238848.rs.hosteurope.deHawkins 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.