[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。
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/ A4 `7 l- [) VATTALLA, 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."
3 P# u7 j+ Z& Z2 U. Y" |Attalla City Judge Kenneth Robertson Jr. ordered the two people to wear the signs for four hours each during two successive Saturdays.rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de$ |7 f% _' i4 ^: x8 K
"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."rs238848.rs.hosteurope.de. K. u: g2 y$ c* K9 J( P6 q" O
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.# h( y3 e8 _0 h3 g; k& {/ I
Fithian maintained her innocence. She said her conviction was based on a misunderstanding: She said she was taking a $7 item to the service desk because it would not scan.' m8 J$ ]. `. s) z# _" s
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Outside the store, she said people who saw her wearing the sandwich board commented that the punishment was "cruel."
# c' x. Q9 i6 U  m/ xrs238848.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.